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Social media platforms required to tackle animal cruelty under OSB amendments

Published on: 08 September 2023
Published by LNB News

LNB News 08/09/2023

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Issue Date: 08 September 2023

Published Date: 08 September 2023

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs have announced that they will table an amendment to the Online Safety Bill (OSB) in Parliament on 8 September 2023, under which social media platforms will be required to remove content encouraging or facilitating animal cruelty. Any platforms that fail to do so could be fined up to £18m or 10% of their global annual revenue. In addition, under the amendments, section 4(1) (unnecessary suffering) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 will be classified as a priority offence in the Bill.

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