Britain Leads the Way for Reining In Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
The U.K. is wrapping up one of the world’s most promising new laws for curbing social media harms.
The harms of likes.
Source: Bloomberg
Facebook Inc. managed to distance itself from the most damning document leak in its history by renaming itself as Meta Platforms Inc. last week, but that doesn’t mean it won’t face greater regulatory scrutiny around the world. Where will it get the most heat? My bet is the U.K.
After blundering on Brexit, the U.K. is moving much more effectively on a law aimed at tackling the same social media harms that were outlined by whistle-blower Frances Haugen. The Online Safety Bill tackles a wider range of issues than the European Union’s similar proposals, and it will likely come into force earlier, potentially next year.