Will the Online Safety Act protect us or infringe our freedoms?

The Online Safety Act has been passed into law six years after the idea first materialised.

Ofcom can fine social media platforms up to 10% of their global annual revenue if they do not remove illegal content.

Tech companies will be required to write their own terms of service’ based on “codes of practice” created by Ofcom .

Free-speech campaigners are broadly unhappy with the final version of the act.

The Online Safety Act is now law and will come into force once Ofcom has published its codes of practice.

Many campaigners feel legislation is struggling to keep up with the pace of change.

But it’s clear this is only the start of a long road of amendments that will be needed as technology advances.