Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.

Four families who believe social media had a role in the death of their children are protesting in New York.

The Online Safety Act introduces new rules for providers of online user-to-user, search and pornography services, to help keep people in the UK safe from content which is illegal in the UK, and to protect children from the most harmful content such as pornography, suicide and self-harm material.

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