Welcome to the Tech Meam Right Home for Wednesday, September 20th,

23. I'm Brian McCullough today. The UK looks like it's going to make that

online safety bill into law.

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Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. The UK's Parliament has passed that online safety bill which we've discussed in the past.

It's actually been in the work since 2019, but this recent move paves the way for Royal Assent and the bill actually becoming

law as soon as in the coming days, quoting Tech Crunch.

Controversial UK legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services,

establishing the Com's watchdog Ofcom as the main internet regulator,

has been passed by Parliament today paving the way

for royal assent and the online safety bill becoming law in the coming days.

Speaking during the bill's final stages in the House of Lords, Lord Parkison of Whitley Bay reiterated that the

government's intention for the legislation is quote to make the UK the

safest place in the world to be online particularly for children end quote

following affirmative votes as peers considered some last stage amendments, he added that

attention now moves, quote, very swiftly to Ofcom, who stand ready to implement this and

do so swiftly.

The legislation empowers off come to levy fines of up to 10% or up to 18 million pounds,

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