Peers urge hefty fines for social media disinformation

Peers urge hefty fines for social media disinformation

4 years ago
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https://tech.newstatesman.com/policy/committee-on-democracy-and-digital-technology

Members of the House of Lords are urging the passing of legislation that will implement new rules for social media companies, and threaten fat fines in the case of inaction on disinformation.

A House of Lords committee on democracy and digital technologies, chaired by Labour peer David Puttnam, is insisting that the government’s online harms legislation that has been in the works since early 2019, is pushed through immediately.