Online Safety Bill Passes Final Hurdle to Become Law

A law that the government says will make the UK ’the safest place in the world to be online‘ is a ’huge threat to freedom of expression' say campaigners.

File photo of a child using a laptop computer, dated May 26, 2022. Dominic Lipinski/PA Media

The Online Safety Bill, legalisation to regulate online spaces, has cleared Parliament and is ready to become law.

On Tuesday, the Online Safety Bill passed its final Parliamentary debate, with the government promising that it will be “implemented as quickly as possible.”