Apple, Google, and Facebook could be forced to censor apps and sites featuring ‘harmful’ content under new UK laws

Shona Ghosh, provided by Published 5:49 am EDT, Monday, April 8, 2019 AP Britain is considering laws that would pressure Apple, Google, and Facebook to censor apps and websites that publish “harmful” content, such as hate speech or self-harm imagery. The UK government has proposed the creation of an independent regulator to oversee websites and apps for such harmful content, and may give it wide-ranging censorship powers. According to the proposals, the regulator could ask Apple to delist apps that flout new laws, Google to downgrade search results to infringing sites, and Facebook to block links to external sites. A government source said the proposed regulator would be independent of government, and it is still consulting some of its more punitive ideas. Britain is considering putting pressure on Apple, Google, and Facebook to censor apps and websites that flout its proposed new rules around “harmful” content. The UK government on Monday published broad plans to keep such harmful content such as terrorism, hate speech, self-harm, and child abuse off social media, messaging, search, and file-sharing sites. It has proposed the creation of a powerful independent regulator which would police tech firms for infringements. Among the powers being considered for the regulator… Read full this story

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