New online safety measures to protect children from ‘toxic algorithms’

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1. Comply with child age checks or face consequences, Ofcom tells tech firms | Independent

2. What are the new UK online safety rules and how will age checks on adult content be enforced? | The Guardian

3. Children must not grow up at mercy of toxic algorithms, says tech secretary | The Standard

4. Minister apologises to generation of UK children exposed to toxic online content | The Guardian

5. Children could find ways to ‘bypass’ porn age verification checks, charity warns | Independent

6. Judge us by impact of new online safety measures for children, says regulator | Independent

A generation of children will no longer be "at the mercy of toxic algorithms", the Technology Secretary has declared, as new online safety protections officially came into force.