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   From: emailbarry@yahoo.com   
      
   LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will tackle “the Wild West elements” on the   
   internet from cyberbullying to online child exploitation by   
   introducing new laws for social media companies, digital minister Matt   
   Hancock said on Sunday.   
      
   Launching a consultation on what measures should be used to ensure the   
   safety of those using the internet, Hancock said the government would   
   publish a white paper - a policy document that sets out proposals for   
   future legislation - later this year and aim to bring in new laws “in   
   the next couple of years”.   
      
   Better regulating social media companies has long been an aim of a   
   government that has struggled to carry out its agenda with Britain’s   
   departure from the European Union taking up much of ministers’ time.   
      
   “Digital technology is overwhelmingly a force for good across the   
   world and we must always champion innovation and change for the   
   better,” Hancock said in a statement.   
      
   “At the same time I have been clear that we have to address the Wild   
   West elements of the Internet through legislation, in a way that   
   supports innovation. We strongly support technology companies to start   
   up and grow, and we want to work with them to keep our citizens safe.”   
      
   There was little detail on what kind of regulation should be used to   
   protect those using the internet, but Hancock told the BBC that as   
   part of the data protection bill now in parliament, firms could be   
   fined up to 4 percent of their global turnover.   
      
   But when asked whether the government would stop companies from   
   allowing children to spend hours on the internet, Hancock told ITV   
   television: “We want to have a broad consultation.”   
      
   In his statement, Hancock said the ministry for digital, culture,   
   media and sport and the interior ministry would work with regulators,   
   platforms and advertising companies to settle on legislation that   
   tackles “both legal and illegal harms”.   
      
   “I don’t want the trolls to win,” Hancock said.   
      
   Hancock is an idiot.   
      
      
   https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-socialmedia-hancock/b   
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