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The race to become the next UK prime minister has turned a spotlight on the current government’s policy record and what a new leader might do differently.
One piece of legislation that is now under renewed scrutiny is the online safety bill. Its intended purpose is to make the UK “the safest place in the world to be online”. If made law, it has the potential to stop millions of pounds’ worth of scams every year, among other things. It would do this by making tech companies take responsibility for stopping the flood of adverts on their sites that are paid for by fraudsters to defraud innocent people and fund organised crime.
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