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The protection of children codes are a significant step forward, with the largest social media companies having to keep children safe online by law. This means that services are required to implement age checks to stop children being exposed to the most harmful content, such as pornography and content that promotes, encourages or provides instructions for eating disorders, suicide or self-harm. Services must implement age-appropriate measures to protect children from other types of harmful content, including abusive or hateful material, bullying content and content that depicts serious violence or injury. Additionally, services are now required by law to design algorithms in ways that will protect children from being served harmful content.