The Online Safety Bill has passed its last parliamentary hurdle in the House of Lords, meaning it will finally become law after years of delay.
The flagship piece of legislation aims to regulate online content to help keep users safe, especially children, and to put the onus on social media companies to protect people from the likes of abusive messages, bullying and pornography.
The idea was conceived in a white paper in 2019 but it has been a long and rocky road to turn it into law - with delays and controversies over issues such as freedom of speech and privacy. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan said:"The Online Safety Bill is a game-changing piece of legislation. Today, this government is taking an enormous step forward in our mission to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online."
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