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Platforms to see new UK consultation soon on illegal content, livestreaming

By Patricia Figueiredo ( June 2, 2025, 16:27 GMT | Insight) -- UK online platforms will face a new consultation from Ofcom on tackling illegal content and livestreaming risks before Parliament’s summer recess on July 22. Junior minister Margaret Beryl Jones told lawmakers today that Ofcom would soon consult on expanding its existing illegal harms codes under the Online Safety Act. Livestreaming — flagged as posing specific risks to children — will be a key focus, Jones said.UK platforms will receive a new consultation on illegal content and livestreaming, to be published by online safety regulator Ofcom before the summer recess, lawmakers were told by a senior government speaker today....

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