Social Media Firms Face New U.K. Regulator in Planned Crackdown
- Johnson’s government to sketch out plan to tackle online harms
- Ungoverned areas of internet expose users to abuse, bullying
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The U.K. government plans to sketch out proposals to crack down on online pornography and incitement to violence as soon as this month, two people familiar with the matter said.
It would include a framework to ensure social media companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. protect U.K. users from harmful content, as well as appointing a regulator to enforce the rules, according to one of the people familiar with the plan, who asked not to be named discussing policy that hasn’t been finalized. The people did not give details of any proposed enforcement mechanisms.