UK government to give Ofcom power to police what is posted on the internet

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UK government to give Ofcom power to police what is posted on the internet
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The UK government will give Ofcom new regulatory powers to police what is posted on the internet, it has said. The decision was made as part of a new “online harms“ plan that ministers say will

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