Facebook, Google in Crosshairs of New U.K. Policy to Control Tech Giants

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The U.K.'s proposal would require companies including Facebook and Google to take “reasonable and proportionate” action on a gamut of illegal or potentially harmful content

The U.K. government plans to create a regulatory body to force the removal of harmful content from the internet, one of the most far-reaching legislative proposals from a host of countries trying to put a tighter leash on global technology companies.

The U.K. proposal, disclosed in a policy paper published early Monday, aims to create a new legal obligation for companies including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to take “reasonable and proportionate” action on a gamut of illegal or potentially harmful content published...

 

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Would this include the anti semites and racist of the Labor Party?

Who defines what is harmful? 🤔

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Orwell was prophetic — the Ministry of Truth The problem lies in defining “reasonable and proportionate”

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