Online Safety Act petition: 300,000 sign petition to repeal Online Safety Bill – what happens next – Derbyshire Times
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The new Online Safety Act rules came into force last week 🚨
- Online Safety Act’s age verification rules came into force on July 25.
- A petition calling to repeal it has passed 300,000 signatures.
- But what will happen next – and will it be debated?
A petition urging the government to repeal the new Online Safety Act has passed 300,000 signatures – just days after the new rules came into force.
The changes came into effect on Friday (July 25), and one of the measures included requiring UK residents to verify their ages before accessing websites with pornography or other content that could be considered harmful to children. This can be done by uploading a picture of yourself for ‘facial age estimation’ or a photo of ID.
