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UK communications regulator to push for regulation of forums and social media
| Such a system could be modelled on the existing British method of regulating telecoms companies.
“Trust in them is already weakening,” she was expected to say in comments first reported by the Telegraph. “Our research shows that people see social media platforms as the single biggest source of online harm – and most people want the rules to be tighter.”
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/17/ofcom-to-push-for-regulation-of-social-media-platforms
| Shouldn't have harbored and enabled LITERAL Nazi's then, or the case wouldn't nearly be as strong
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| Tech companies such as Facebook and Google could be regulated in the same way as the mobile phone and broadband industry, the head of media regulator Ofcom was expected to say on Tuesday.
Sharon White was due to outline a potential system regulating social media companies’ in-house complaints processes. Targets would be set for how quickly they removed offensive content and substantial fines issued if they failed to meet these standards.