The UK proposes requiring tech companies to remove nonconsensual abusive content within 48 hours, or risk being blocked and fined up to 10% of global revenue
PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny
The Guardian
Related Coverage
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- UK to require tech firms to remove abusive images within 48 hours Financial Times · Kieran Smith
- UK to impose 48-hour online takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images The Indian Express
- Tech firms must take down abusive images in 48 hours - or face being blocked from UK Sky News
- Tech firms will have to take down abusive images within 48 hours under new law to protect women and girls GOV.UK
- Ofcom fast-tracks decision on measures to block illegal intimate images Ofcom
- Social media firms will have 48 hours to take down revenge porn The Times · Oliver Wright
- Social media sites face being BANNED in major law change over intimate image abuse Mirror · Dave Burke
- UK to impose 48-hour online takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images Reuters · Sam Tabahriti
- Social media giants given 48 hours to take down revenge porn or face hefty fines under new law to protect women & girls The Sun · Sophia Sleigh
- Social media giants told to remove revenge porn within 48 hours Telegraph · Charles Hymas
- Social media firms will have 48 hours to take down revenge porn The Times · Oliver Wright
- Platforms must take down abusive content under proposed UK law Silicon Republic · Tim Barnwell
- No victim should have to face the trauma of chasing online platforms to remove intimate images shared without their consent. … Dame Nicole Jacobs
- UK to demand social platforms take down abusive intimate images within 48 hours The Register · Joe Fay
- UK to make tech firms remove abusive images within 48 hours of alert The Economic Times
- Starmer orders tech giants to delete abusive content within 48 hours City A.M. · Saskia Koopman
- New law requires tech firms to take down non-consensual images within 48 hours UKTN · Oscar Hornstein
- UK to require tech firms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours or face fines The Record · Suzanne Smalley
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Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
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Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
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@leicesterliz
Liz Kendall
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The days of tech firms having a free pass are over. We are determined to make the internet a place where women and girls can feel safe, respected and protected.
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@keir_starmer
Keir Starmer
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The sharing of non-consensual intimate images is utterly abhorrent. That's why when we learnt people were using AI tool Grok to make vile images, we moved quickly to get it stopped. Today, we are going further. We are putting social media companies on notice to take down any
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@scitechgovuk
@scitechgovuk
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Tech companies will have to remove intimate images shared without consent within 48 hours under new law. Companies that don't act could be blocked in the UK. [image]
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@pqpolitics
Pete Quily
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Starmer has a good idea. ALL countries should do this — “Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer — PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny” — www.theguardian…
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@tristangrayford.scot
Tristan Grayford
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If they actually deliver this it'll be the best thing this Government has done in 2026 by an absolute mile — www.theguardian.com/society/ 2026...