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Fact sheet on changes to the illegal content duties within the Online Safety Bill

The government has made a number of amendments affecting the illegal content duties at clauses 8 and 9 of the Online Safety Bill.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 23 August 2022

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Fact sheet on changes to the illegal content duties within the Online Safety Bill

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In response to engagement with a broad range of stakeholders, the government has made a number of amendments affecting the illegal content duties at clauses 8 and 9 of the Online Safety Bill. These amendments, added to the Bill in the House of Commons on 12 July 2022, will clarify:

• that companies must take preventative measures, including design measures, to mitigate a broad spectrum of factors that enable illegal activity, both on and offline.
• how service providers should make judgements about content on their service, including whether or not it amounts to illegal content and must be removed.

Published 23 August 2022