UK government announces a set of online safety laws designed to hold social media companies liable for the harmful behavior spreading through their platforms. UK’s proposed online safety law will appoint an independent regulator to enforce the future standards which will force social media firms alike to follow a mandatory “duty of care”” to protect users while using their platform. The new laws will apply to any company which makes it possible for its users to interact with other users to share content or interact with its users. The regulator which will enforce the new laws is not yet appointed and the UK Government is yet to decide if it should be a new or an already existing body.”
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-wants-to-hold-companies-liable-for-harmful-online-behavior/