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Social media platforms and dating apps could face being blocked in the UK if they fail to clamp down on cyber flashing under a major tightening of the law.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, who moved to the role in the reshuffle earlier this month, will announce that cyber flashing – when someone sends a photo or video of their genitals to another person to scare, upset or humiliate them – will be classified as the most serious type of online offences under the Online Safety Act.

Read the full story on the Mirror.

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