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Britain Proposes Broad New Powers to Regulate Internet Content - The New York Times - 1 views

  • Britain is proposing sweeping new government powers to combat the spread of violent and extremist content, false information and harmful material aimed at children.CreditHenry Nicholls/Reuters
  • Australia passed a law last week that threatens fines for social media companies and jail for their executives if they fail to rapidly remove “abhorrent violent material” from their platforms. New Zealand is also considering new restrictions.
  • In Singapore, draft legislation was introduced last week that supporters said would restrict the spread of false and misleading information.
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  • Germany last year began prohibiting hate speech
  • The rules would apply to social media platforms, discussion forums, messaging services and search engines.
  • Western democracies
  • are becoming more willing to intervene.
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