Does UK's Online Safety Act cover misinformation? Well, that depends

Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots MPs heard a range of interpretations of UK law when it comes to the spread of misinformation online, a critical factor in the riots across England and Northern Ireland sparked by inaccurate social media posts about the fatal stabbings at a children's dance class on 29 July last year.…

Apr 30, 2025 - 09:40
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Does UK's Online Safety Act cover misinformation? Well, that depends

Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots

MPs heard a range of interpretations of UK law when it comes to the spread of misinformation online, a critical factor in the riots across England and Northern Ireland sparked by inaccurate social media posts about the fatal stabbings at a children's dance class on 29 July last year.…