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Does the Online Safety Act protect you enough?

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Episode notes

The Online Safety Act has come into force today meaning social media platforms must now remove illegal content or face massive fines. But will it actually make the internet safer? Consumer law expert Lisa Webb from Which? joins us to discuss the new rules.

Also in this episode:

• SpaceX capsule Dragon docks at the International Space Station to bring two astronauts stuck in space home
• Scientists have cracked a 20-year-old mystery that could help develop treatments for Parkinson’s
• Is the future of computing in our glasses? Meta thinks so
• Google Assistant is disappearing – as Gemini takes over

Read our full interview with Tim Peake on the ISS mission, SpaceX, and the future of space exploration.

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