Powers contained in Online Safety Act will not be implemented until next year
A protest in Whitehall, London, following the fatal stabbing of three children at a holiday club on Monday in Southport to take action over the spread of criminal misinformation online until next year, despite new laws being passed in 2023., which passed into law in October last year, will force tech giants to do more to tackle the sharing of false information, such as that being
A failure to comply will lead to fines of £18m or 10 per cent of their global annual revenue, whichever is the highest. In his televised address, the Prime Minister added that it was important for Government and tech firms to “work together” to keep the country safe, saying the Government “blaming everybody else and pointing fingers” does not work well.
The billionaire SpaceX and Tesla boss has had a controversial reign at X since taking over the company in 2022, and has been accused of allowing misinformation and other harmful content to flourish on the site since then.Under his leadership, the company has also restored the accounts of many figures previously banned for breaking site rules around hate speech, including in the UK such as Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins.
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