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Platforms threatened with twin-track UK action on non-consensual intimate images

By Patricia Figueiredo ( February 19, 2026, 13:57 GMT | Insight) -- Social media platforms have been warned of two parallel new UK initiatives to speed up efforts to force them to do more to remove abusive content. They would face a statutory 48-hour deadline to remove non-consensual intimate images under a proposed legislative amendment, while online safety regulator Ofcom is to fast-track a decision on high-risk services' use of hash-matching technology to detect such content under the Online Safety Act.Social media platforms have been warned of two parallel new UK initiatives to speed up efforts to force them to do more to remove abusive and exploitative content....

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