UK expands broadcast regulator Ofcom's role to include online content, giving it the ability to enforce content standards on social media
but punts all the hard decisions to either the companies or to later in the year https://www.politico.eu/... https://twitter.com/... ICO / @iconews : You can read our full statement regarding the government's initial response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. See here: https://ico.org.uk/... https://twitter.com/... @labourpress : “It's shameful that nearly a year after the White Paper, three years after its promise to legislate on online harms... all the Government has to show us is an ‘initial consultation response.’” - @TracyBrabin https://labour.org.uk/... @bbcr4today : Ofcom is expected to become Britain's first internet watchdog. Andy Burrows of @NSPCC says they hope the regulator will have a “stringent package of enforcement measures” including criminal charges and the UK could set the “global standard”. Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/... Anne Longfield / @annelongfield : The welcome steps that we have strongly argued for to hold companies to account for harmful content with a duty to minimise risks to users. Children are growing up in a digital world that has enormous power in their lives. With power comes responsibility. https://www.bbc.co.uk/... Hadas Gold / @hadas_gold : This new announcement that the UK gov is minded to appoint media regulator OfCom as the regulator to police platforms on ‘online harms’ seems to be lacking teeth of any kind. https://www.gov.uk/... See also Mediagazer
It is understood the watchdog is to be given responsibility for ensuring that firms such as Twitter and Facebook comply with a new legal “duty of care” requiring them to protect their users from illegal material.https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ofcom will be given the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful online content. Andy Borrows from @NSPCC says penalties should include ‘stringent fines’ and ‘criminal sanctions’. 📲 https://www.bbc.co.uk/... #5LiveBreakfast https://twitter.com/...
“13 self-regulatory attempts to keep children safe online have failed. Statutory regulation is essential.” - CEO @PeterWanless We welcome the news that new powers will be given to Ofcom, forcing social media firms to act over harmful content in the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
More bark than bite: UK backs new regulatory powers to rein in Big Tech — but punts all the hard decisions to either the companies or to later in the year https://www.politico.eu/... https://twitter.com/...
You can read our full statement regarding the government's initial response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. See here: https://ico.org.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
“It's shameful that nearly a year after the White Paper, three years after its promise to legislate on online harms... all the Government has to show us is an ‘initial consultation response.’” - @TracyBrabin https://labour.org.uk/...
Ofcom is expected to become Britain's first internet watchdog. Andy Burrows of @NSPCC says they hope the regulator will have a “stringent package of enforcement measures” including criminal charges and the UK could set the “global standard”. Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/... h…
The welcome steps that we have strongly argued for to hold companies to account for harmful content with a duty to minimise risks to users. Children are growing up in a digital world that has enormous power in their lives. With power comes responsibility. https://www.bbc.co.uk/..…
This new announcement that the UK gov is minded to appoint media regulator OfCom as the regulator to police platforms on ‘online harms’ seems to be lacking teeth of any kind. https://www.gov.uk/...