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posted by chromas on Monday April 08 2019, @10:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the federal-zucc dept.

UK will hold social networks accountable for harmful content

The UK government plans to penalize tech companies like Facebook and Google that fail to curb the spread of harmful content on their platforms. As promised, the country is seeking to empower an independent regulator to enforce the rules which target violent material, posts encouraging suicide, disinformation, cyber-bullying, and child exploitation. Over the coming weeks, the government will consult on the types of punishments available to the new watchdog, including fines, blocking access to sites, and holding senior members of tech companies accountable for their failures.

Both Facebook and Google have previously denied responsibility for the content published on their sites, evoking the communications act in the US to overcome lawsuits accusing them of enabling terrorism and spreading extremist views. But calls for big tech to be regulated have grown in recent years following a spate of controversial incidents, the most recent of which was the live-streaming of the mass shooting in New Zealand on Facebook.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by stormreaver on Tuesday April 09 2019, @01:16AM (2 children)

    by stormreaver (5101) on Tuesday April 09 2019, @01:16AM (#826478)

    So I presume they will be banning Christianity and Bible content any time now.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Tuesday April 09 2019, @01:48AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 09 2019, @01:48AM (#826498) Journal

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 09 2019, @02:59PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 09 2019, @02:59PM (#826796) Journal

    It will be more nuanced. They will treat it as though it and its teaching is banned with severe penalties, but without actually banning it in writing that says it is banned.

    Banning it has been tried before.

    The worst thing they could do, is for the government to embrace and endorse it -- causing the corruption of both.

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.