UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies

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British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta.

that, while not illegal, could be harmful or not age-appropriate, including porn, bullying or, for example, glorifying eating disorders or providing instructions for suicide.

Senior managers at tech companies also face criminal prosecution and prison time if they fail to answer information requests from U.K. regulators. They'll also be held criminally liable if their company fails to comply with regulators' notices about child sex abuse and exploitation. The law also sets up a clash between the British government and tech companies over encryption technology. It gives regulators the power to require encrypted messaging services to install “accredited technology" to scan encrypted messages for terrorist or child sex abuse content.

 

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