President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. As the US fights a global tariff war, it may bring those rules under fire – just as some of them are growing teeth.
Over the past weeks, Trump has touted a blitz of trade deals, seeking concessions from countries in exchange for lower tariffs. This has coincided with the rollout of new child safety measures in the European Union and United Kingdom, most recently a new phase of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), which effectively age-gates porn, bullying, and self-harm promotion, as well as other ca …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/715837/age-verification-uk-online-safety-act-trump
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