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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: 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.