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<p>In 2017 the former Prime Minister commissioned the Committee on Standards in Public
Life’s Review of Intimidation in Public Life. Government is acting on the Committee’s
recommendations, as set out in the Government’s response to the report, which was
published in March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that we expect companies to do
substantially more to keep their users safe and counter online abuse, particularly
where this abuse is illegal. The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading
legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to
establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, to ensure companies
have appropriate systems and processes in place to deal with harmful content on their
services to keep their users safe. Compliance with this duty of care will be overseen
by an independent regulator, which will have a range of enforcement powers.</p><p>
</p><p>Government has also asked the Law Commission to conduct a second phase of its
review of the legal framework around abusive and offensive communications online.
This will make specific recommendations for legal reform and is due to report in early
2021.</p><p> </p>
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