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“The bill itself does not actually provide a definition of harmful, instead relying on service providers to assess and decide on this.”

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The UK wants platforms to remove content that is legal but “harmful,” and refuses to say what harmful means. Every provider will over-remove to avoid the fine. The bill also pushes age verification, which ties real identities to online accounts. Parliament gets to look tough and makes the companies do the censoring.