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14 December 2020, 12:53 am EST By
After the death of a 14-year-old young teen in northwestern London in 2017, the government of the United Kingdom is considering fining social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram for failing to tackle sensitive content such posts that encourage suicide and self-harming.
Social Media Platforms Could Face Multi-Million Fines
According to a report by the Daily Mail, the social media platforms that fail to deal with these types of content can be fined for millions of pounds under the law.
Moreover, a bill that will likely be introduced early next year is also proposing that any frequently offending platform would be blocked altogether in the UK to help protect young people in the country who are online almost all the time.