Facing pressure from Tory rebels, PM set to toughen up Online Safety Bill

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Facing pressure from Tory rebels, PM set to toughen up Online Safety Bill
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Tory MPs put their names to an amendment which would toughen up punishments for social media bosses who fail to block children from seeing damaging content on their platforms.

Rishi Sunak appears to have bowed to pressure from rebel Tory MPs to make social media bosses criminally liable for failing to protect children from online harm.

The amendment would toughen up the punishments for tech chiefs who fail to block children from seeing damaging content on their platforms.has reached a deal with rebels after talks over the weekend, according to a source close to her, allowing the prime minister to avoid an embarrassing defeat in the Commons.

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