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UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
16 hours ago

Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths

Google denied breaching the Online Safety Act after a suicide forum linked in search results remained accessible in the UK via workarounds.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Man jailed for sending girl rape threat online

A man who threatened to rape a teenage girl and encouraged her to self-harm has been jailed. Shabaz Khokar, 24, from London, sent the threat to the victim in Staffordshire via social media, along with images of train tickets he booked to travel to her home. He was arrested at a railway station in the county in August when police were alerted.
UK news
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Pair who coerced teenage girls to self-harm before sharing their images online jailed

Two men coerced vulnerable teenage girls into serious self-harm, shared images online, and received prison sentences following convictions under the Online Safety Act.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

No plans' to ban VPNs but nothing off the table' to bolster online safety

No current plans to ban VPNs, but minister says nothing is off the table for protecting children online under the Online Safety Act.
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