Controversial measures which would have forced big technology platforms to take down legal but harmful material have been axed from the Online Safety Bill.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan denied weakening laws protecting social media users and said adults would have more control over what they saw online.
The bill - which aims to police the internet - is intended to become law in the UK before next summer.
The bill previously included a section that required the largest, highest-risk platforms" to tackle some legal but harmful material accessed by adults.
Tech giants are told to introduce a system allowing users more control to filter out harmful content they do not want to see.