⚡️🇬🇧 NEWS - UK Online Safety Act to block adults from viewing "self-harm" content:

>Technology platforms are to be compelled by law to proactively find and stop content promoting “self-harm” to adults as well as children, in a bid to boost online safety.

>The change to strengthen the Online Safety Act will make clear to social media companies that it is not optional as to whether to take quick action on protecting users from “toxic material”, the new Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said.

>She said such content is so harmful that it can be “the difference between life and death”.

>The change – legally requiring tech firms to prevent such content from appearing in the first place, rather than simply reacting to it – is expected to come into effect this autumn and will mean that encouraging or assisting serious self-harm will be treated as a priority offence.