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Google asks for flexibility in crisis responses as UK online safety codes drafted

By Frank Hersey ( March 12, 2025, 19:38 GMT | Insight) -- Google hopes for flexibility in how it can respond to online emergencies as the UK's online safety regulator prepares new codes for consultation later in the spring. The regulator is expanding its codes of practice to include responses to crisis situations following riots last summer it said were linked to online disinformation. Speaking alongside the Google representative, an official from the regulator said his office is being very mindful of this need for flexibility.Google hopes for flexibility in how it can respond to online emergencies as the UK's online safety regulator prepares new codes for consultation later in the spring. The regulator is expanding its codes of practice to include responses to crisis situations following riots last summer it said were linked to online disinformation....

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