British officials call for change in online safety bill – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Associated Press, the bill should take stricter measures to make the sending of unwanted images illegal, spam sites to ensure that children do not have access, and senior executives of large technology companies to be punished if they do not comply with the law. Encounter.
A committee of lawmakers has proposed major changes to the UK government’s online safety bill that would require digital and social networks to take more responsibility for protecting users from child abuse, racist content and other malicious content on online platforms. کردن.
A committee of British lawmakers is currently reviewing the online safety bill to improve it before submitting it to parliament next year.
“The era of self-regulation for large corporations is over,” said Damian Collins, chairman of the committee. These companies are clearly responsible for the services they benefit from in addition to the design. Therefore, they need to take responsibility for their decisions.
The committee has met with senior executives of technology companies, researchers, and whistleblowers (such as Francis Hogan, a former Facebook employee).
Under the proposed bill, the British communications regulator (Ofcom) is responsible for investigating any violations of the law in Internet companies. It also has the authority to impose fines of up to میلیون 18 million ($ 24 million) or 10% of the company’s annual revenue.
According to the report, new online crimes, such as sending unwanted pornographic images to another person, should be considered criminal offenses.
Internet companies must follow specific guidelines in areas such as child abuse and terrorism, and must conduct a risk assessment process for video recommendation algorithms or any other content that exposes users to fake information.
Websites should also use “age assurance” technology to prevent children from being exposed to online pornography to ensure the age of users. It is also recommended that Ofcom set standards for privacy and limit the amount of information collected by large companies to address concerns about the data that corporations collect on their authentication systems.
One of the most controversial parts of the British government’s proposal to change the online safety bill is the rules that make senior executives of Internet companies legally liable for failing to provide regulators with the information they need to assess compliance. Recognition. This section will probably be implemented after a two-year period.
The bills proposed by Boris Johnson’s government and proposed laws in the European Union are pioneering measures to control the power of large corporations such as Google and Facebook.
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