U.K. plans big fines for online companies over harmful content

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Internet companies face big fines in Britain if they don’t remove and limit the spread of harmful material such as child sexual abuse or terrorist content, officials say.

The proposals will have extra provisions for the biggest social media companies with “high-risk features,” expected to include Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.Dec. 15, 2020, 1:22 PM UTCSocial media and other internet companies face big fines in Britain if they don’t remove and limit the spread of harmful material such as child sexual abuse or terrorist content and protect users on their platforms, officials said Tuesday.

The proposals, contained in the U.K. government’s Online Safety Bill, will have extra provisions for the biggest social media companies with “high-risk features,” expected to include Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.These companies will face special requirements to assess whether there’s a “reasonably foreseeable risk” that content or activity that they host will cause “significant physical or psychological harm to adults,” such as false information about coronavirus vaccines.

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NBC news will be honest by the end of the year. Another 'preposterous' prediction about the FAKE NEWS fools at NBC.

Britian should not be allowed to have internet. They are a disgusting people, who have a better than thou complex.

How is it possible NBC had no coverage of the credible allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo. IS UTTERLY IRRELEVANT.

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