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On 15 December, the UK Government set out its proposals to
regulate social media in the UK. With the aim of making the UK
"the safest place in the world to be online", a new legal
duty of care will be established as and when the Online Harms Bill
eventually comes before Parliament. It aim is to force businesses
with a significant online component to take more responsibility for
the safety of their users and tackle a number of "harms"
which could be caused by content or activity on their services, all