Culture Secretary bids to bring new internet safety laws before Parliament after summer recess
The Culture Secretary has pushed for new online safety laws, including a regulator to oversee a new code of conduct…
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Proposed new internet regulator will not step on toes of press watchdogs, says Culture Secretary
Digital and Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has said a new online regulator, proposed by the Government in a White Paper…
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New UK sub-committee on disinformation launched to probe ‘ongoing threats’ to democracies
A new parliamentary sub-committee on disinformation has been launched that will “continue probing on-going threats” to democracies posed by so-called…
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Culture Secretary discussed disinformation with Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg at rare meeting
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright discussed disinformation and social media regulation with Mark Zuckerberg during a rare meeting with the Facebook…
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‘Fake news’ inquiry: MPs call for new ethics code for social media firms overseen by regulator able to issue large fines
In tackling the threat of so-called “fake news” and disinformation, MPs recommend establishing a new code of ethics for social…
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‘We’ve never sold people’s data’: Facebook responds to UK fake news inquiry’s publication of confidential email cache
Confidential emails between senior Facebook executives have been published by a Parliament select committee leading a fake news inquiry. A 250-page cache…
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Mark Zuckerberg empty chaired at first grand committee on ‘fake news’ as parliamentarians sign declaration on web governance
Not even an international grand committee on “fake news” made up of members of nine national parliaments, from Canada to…
By MP leading UK ‘fake news’ inquiry seizes internal Facebook documents using parliamentary legal powers
A cache of internal Facebook documents has been seized using Parliament’s legal powers as MPs probe the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The…
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