Midlands Fraud Forum - Legislation: Now web giants face fraud and hate crime crackdown: Online Safety Bill will force firms to protect users

Web giants are facing a major crackdown on the worst illegal activity taking place on their platforms.

The Online Safety Bill will now include people smuggling, hate crimes, fraud and revenge porn as ‘priority’ illegal content.

It means tech companies will be forced to protect users from being exposed to such content rather than waiting for it to be flagged.