Plan to crack down on social media firms is 'massive step', say MPs

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Plan to crack down on social media firms is 'massive step', say MPs
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White paper proposes making executives liable for harmful content on their platforms

MPs have welcomed news that the government is considering personally fining social media executives deemed to have failed to meet their duty of care to users, with one calling the decision a “massive step forward in making companies actually liable” for activity on their platforms.

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