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A Ten Point Rule of Law Test for a Social Media Duty of Care

March 15, 2019

All the signs are that the government will shortly propose a duty of care on social media platforms aimed at reducing the risk of harm to users.

DCMS Secretary of State Jeremy Wright wrote recently:

"A world in which harms offline are controlled but the same harms online aren’t is not sustainable now…".  From Cyberleagle

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