The ambitious but controversial online safety bill would give regulators wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.
While the internet has transformed people's lives, "tech firms haven't been held to account when harm, abuse and criminal behavior have run riot on their platforms," U.K. Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries said in a statement. "If we fail to act, we risk sacrificing the wellbeing and innocence of countless generations of children to the power of unchecked algorithms.
There's also a wider range of criminal offences that could result in prison sentences of up to two years in the updated draft. Now, they would also face it for suppressing, destroying or altering information requested or not cooperating with regulators, who have the power to enter a tech company's premises to inspect data and equipment and interview employees.
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