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UK to make social media platforms responsible for harmful content: BBC
An illustration of Twitter and Facebook logo along with binary cyber codes. Britain proposed new online safety laws last year that it said would be the toughest in the world. PHOTO | REUTERS
Britain’s regulator Ofcom will make social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter responsible for harmful content on their platforms, the BBC said on Wednesday.
The broadcaster quoted Nicky Morgan, Britain’s outgoing digital minister, saying that platforms had resisted regulation previously but “they understand now that actually regulation is coming”.