Ministers have scrapped a provision that aimed to protect users from 'legal but harmful' content online after Tory MPs raised concerns over the effect it would have on freedom of speech
“This gives users greater personal choice, without affecting freedom of expression,” the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport states.
Officials within DCMS insist that the vast majority of users already on social media sites will not need to show proof of age as the platforms will already be able to verify their age by looking at their behavioural data and profiles. “Who gets to determine what constitutes abuse? Will the default settings for platforms have harmful content turned off, or will people have to opt out when they are on the site? And what about the most vulnerable people, who often don’t know how to use such tools?,” the source said.
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