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<p>Tackling serious violence is a top priority for the government through measures
set out in the Serious Violence Strategy and further initiatives to tackle knife crime
and serious violence more generally, including the Offensive Weapons Act which received
Royal Assent on 16 May.</p><p> </p><p>The Online Harms White Paper, published in April,
sets out plans for a regulatory framework to further ensure companies take action
to address online harmful behaviour, including the sale of weapons and other illegal
goods and services. A new statutory duty of care will require companies to take more
responsibility for harm caused by content or activity on their services. Compliance
with this duty of care will be overseen and enforced by an independent regulator.
The regulator will issue codes of practice on what companies need to do to fulfil
their duty of care, working with law enforcement for codes of practice on illegal
harms to ensure they adequately keep pace with the threat.</p>
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