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UK : Social Media Executives To Be Held Accountable For Destructive Content!



Reports have it, that according to a recent proposal of the UK authorities, social media executives shall be personally blamable for the harmful content on their platforms.
The freshly published paper in which the details were mentioned is just a tactic to restrict the spread of violent and detrimental content related to suicides and cyber bullying.
Disinformation, is another theme eluded upon along with the rising need for companies to hold their ground against terroristic, child abusive, and sexually abusive content.
The regulations and guidelines in the aforementioned paper also mention the requirement for every individual regulator to impose the rules.
Its’s high time, the online companies took responsibility for what content their platforms displayed, in an attempt to reinstate trust in technology within the society.
Files hosting sites, chat forums, messaging services, search engines and social media platforms alike will come under the belt of the aforementioned measures.
If not adhered to, the policies also mention within them strong punishments for companies including substantial fines and blocking access.
This is a great action which has potential to bring change. The implementation although could not be as simple as it all sounds.
The above-mentioned set of guidelines would provide for a stable code of conduct for everyone on the social media which if complied to, will lead to safer platforms.
But, the implementation, is still in question along with other questions like, Will the regulatory approach be different for smaller companies?
Social media regulation and the improvements it requires is on everyone’s mind, of late because of the mosque shooting in New Zealand.
The shooting was live streamed on Facebook and other social media sites like Instagram, YouTube and etc. were rushed to block and delete the copies of the video which has instantly gone viral.
A legislation not very different from the one in UK that was discussed above was passed in Australia meaning to hold the executives responsible for whatever is posted on their platforms.

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