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Online safety laws unsatisfactory, minister says

Peter Kyle responds after Mark Zuckerberg confirms changes to how content on Meta is monitored.

Internet safety campaigners complain that there are gaps in the UK's laws including a lack of specific rules covering live streaming or content that promotes suicide and self-harm. The Online Safety Act, passed in 2023 by the previous government, had originally included plans to compel social media companies to remove some "legal-but-harmful" content such as posts promoting eating disorders. Mark Zuckerberg, whose Meta company includes Facebook and Instagram, said earlier this week that the shift - which only applies in the US - would mean content moderators will "catch less bad stuff" but would also reduce the number of "innocent" posts being removed.

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