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Does UK's Online Safety Act cover misinformation? Well, that depends

10 hours 11 minutes ago
Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots

MPs heard a range of interpretations of UK law when it comes to the spread of misinformation online, a critical factor in the riots across England and Northern Ireland sparked by inaccurate social media posts about the fatal stabbings at a children's dance class on 29 July last year.…

Lindsay Clark