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New laws will be introduced to tackle the internet's "wild west" that will make Britain the "safest place in the world" to be online, the culture secretary has said.
Social media companies have already taken some positive steps to protect users, but the performance of the industry overall has been mixed, according to Matt Hancock.
The government outlined proposals last year to impose an industry-wide levy on social media firms like Facebook and Twitter to fund measures to tackle online harm. It is understood the move will be subject to a further round of consultation with the sector and charities before any decision is made on pushing ahead.
A new code of practice to tackle bullying, intimidating or humiliating online content and a regular internet safety transparency report to keep tabs on online abuse could be included in new legislation.
Right, show of hands, who thinks we should move our servers to the UK and stop saying mean things to each other?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @08:05PM (4 children)
UK politicians are all super nice, law-abiding and intelligent people. I have no doubt that their legislation will only target those evil online trolls who would mock people's characters and IQ.
I agree, the Chinese and North Korea have it right particularly the way they deal with dissenters. Online trolls could be machine gunned with anti-aircraft guns while authorities ignore rape gangs and terrorists. Executions could be televised on the national broadcaster as the "2 minute hate", it'd be double plus good..
Nothing says civilised like sky high knife crime or ignoring rape gangs for decades. Let's all enjoy a nice cup of tea and smile smugly about the wonderful job UK authorities are doing, safe in the knowledge that any troll who mocks them or suggests they are complicit will be going to jail.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 25 2018, @09:51PM
Ok, I'll bite.
> Chinese and North Korea have it right particularly the way they deal with dissenters.
You could save us a lot of money by replacing all those people devoting their life to that truly unnecessary gap which exists between "not a problem" and "use them as military targets".
> sky high knife crime or ignoring rape gangs for decades
I know that US bridges are falling apart while we finance bombing brown people, but oddly, some people believe in that uncanny notion that multiple problems can be worked on in parallel.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday May 26 2018, @03:37AM (2 children)
And enforced the same way as they enforce.... oh, say, their handling of gadflies like Tommy Robinson.
You too could be jailed for reposting wrongthink.
[If you haven't heard, Tommy was arrested and imprisoned today for merely repeating the wrong published news story.]
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 26 2018, @05:57PM
No, he was jailed for contempt of court and breaching his probation conditions. He was previously arrested and convicted for "interviewing" (harassing) Muslim defendants outside court, the idiot knew exactly what he was doing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 26 2018, @11:21PM
I've read up more on this, the court hearing he was arrested at was a sentencing so there was no risk of prejudicing the jury. I believe the arrest for breaching the peace was a wrongful arrest.