Government plan to regulate online platforms will hit more than 200,000 businesses in the UK

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Government support for online regulation will encompass at least five per cent of UK businesses

As expected, the government has announced today that it is "minded to appoint Ofcom as online harms regulator" in its response to the consultation opened in April last year. The move would poten...

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