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Keir Starmer confirms Online Safety Act to be reviewed after far-right riots
Remarks follow London mayor Sadiq Khan saying role of misinformation in unrest showed law was inadequate
Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the paymaster general, said the government was prepared to “quickly review and consider” the act, and that police would “come after people” found to be inciting violence online. The act became law last October and gives Ofcom the power to fine social media companies up to £18m or 10% of their global turnover if they fail to take robust action against content inciting violence or terrorism. On the responsibility of social media platforms to help tackle the circulation of falsehoods online, Khan said: “If they don’t sort their own house out, regulation is coming.”
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