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social media companies will face very significant fines if they fail to remove and limit the spread off illegal content.
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On the new proposed laws published by the government today, big tech firms will have to abide by a legal duty of care to protect Children are media editor Amol Rajan has the details.
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This is Frida, except that's not her real name.
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And this isn't her real voice in her twenties now, she was just 13 when the grooming began online.
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I got a message from an older man.
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Just Hi, friend.
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Request whatever on I added him because you're 13 and just try and add whoever you can on Facebook to try and seem like you've got loads of friends and stuff.
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I don't think it took too long for it to get into him, asking for more pictures of me on, then sexual pictures of me and him sending me sexual pictures.
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I still haven't reported it to the police.
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I probably never will because of how long and painful the process could be.
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I talked to the technology comes that dominate the Internet very, very often, and they would say about this kind of thing.
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What we've built is good technologies.
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We can to try to take this stuff.
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What would you say to them if they're in the room now?
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I'd ask them who is taking responsibility for this because currently the man who was groomed me does not take any responsibility for what happened on the tech.
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Companies do not take any responsibility for what has happened, so the only person taking responsibility for it is me, which is horrible.
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I am the only one facing up to what's happened.
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I know call Secretary Oliver down and to make his statement.
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The culture secretary today outlined some of the specifics.
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A 13 year old should no longer be able to access pornographic images on Twitter.
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YouTube will not be allowed to recommend videos promoting terrorist ideologies on anti Semitic Hate crime will need to be removed without delay.
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As part of the proposals, senior managers could eventually face criminal prosecution, though that will require secondary legislation.
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There will be exemptions for smaller firms so as not to stifle innovation on articles or comments on news websites will be unaffected to protect free speech.
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I don't think those firms are taking it seriously enough, Ian Russell has been campaigning on this issue since the death of his daughter, Molly, who took her own life.
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It later emerged she had seen pictures of self harm on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.
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There are things that they could have done better.
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They could have included criminal sanctions to senior management.
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Upfront on that would have put a bigger impulse to bring about change, which is much needed.
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Urgent though these issues clearly are.
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These proposals have bean years in the making are largely on tried on, still face huge practical challenges.
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The sheer volume of material online put addressing this stuff beyond the reach off me man power.
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Then there's the fact that one person's online harm is another's freedom off expression.
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But despite all of that, a consensus has emerged in the West that these global data giants have had a free pass.
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For too long.
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Tech giants have invested billions in safety and say they welcome regulation.
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These new rules probably won't be in place until 2022 leaving plenty of time for their lobbying.