There were plans to include measures to force social media companies to remove some "legal-but-harmful" content in the Online Safety Act, before it became law. But the proposals were scrapped over censorship concerns. Online safety campaigners argue the rules around removing harmful content needed tightening to close loopholes in the act. In January this year, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told the BBC he had "inherited an unsatisfactory legislative settlement" in the Online Safety Act. "I'm very open-minded and I've said publicly, I think we'll have to legislate into the future again," Kyle said.

Drones could soon help search for murder victims in remote areas. In recent tests, drones equipped with laser scanners identified graves in Australian bushland. Now, the nation's police want to use the technology in an ongoing case. In the investigation, the police suspect that a missing person is buried in a densely forested area. However, all searches so far have come up empty.

Murder victims buried in unmarked graves in remote areas could soon be found using pulses of laser light, new research has shown. Laser light known as Lidar – a portmanteau of'light and'radar' – could be beamed from a helicopter to create 3D maps of remote areas to help police search teams. Scientists believe Lidar could quickly reveal places where ground has sunk by a few centimetres, caused by decomposing bodies buried beneath the ground. This sinking movement is too subtle for the naked eye to detect, especially when the grave has been scattered with leaves or debris, scientists say. The latest findings could help police search teams quickly narrow down their efforts when looking for bodies in remote areas.