"Technology Secretary Liz Kendall will use her speech to the Labour Party conference to order firms to detect and remove unsolicited explicit images being sent online. Firms that fail to comply could be fined up to 10% of their qualifying global revenue and potentially see their services blocked in the UK. Ms Kendall will tell activists in Liverpool that cyberflashing will be made a priority offence under the Online Safety Act, placing extra duties on firms to protect users from seeing unsolicited nude images or videos."
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The Independent covers topics from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech, producing investigations and documentaries while relying on donations to fund on-the-ground reporting without paywalls. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall will press social media firms to detect and remove unsolicited explicit images and designate cyberflashing a priority offence under the Online Safety Act. Firms that fail to comply could face fines up to 10% of qualifying global revenue and could see services blocked in the UK. Platforms will have extra legal duties to protect users, especially children, from unsolicited nude images or videos.
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