Britain wants to create a social media regulator

A special cross-party commission of the lower house of the British Parliament concluded that "the era of inadequate self-regulation must end." According to the Financial Times, commission head Damian Collins said a "radical shift in the balance of power between platforms and people" is needed. media regulator Ofcom as soon as possible The deputies call for the creation of an independent social media regulator and a "code of ethics" similar to the rules of the British . In accordance with this code, social networks will be required to remove misinformation and dangerous content, otherwise they will be fined.

The Commission spent 18 months investigating the facts of disinformation and the spread of fake news on social networks. Parliamentarians came to the conclusion that Facebook deliberately and knowingly violated the laws on the protection of private information, and the irresponsible attitude of social networks to misinformation endangered the very institution of democracy in Britain.