{"id":3237,"date":"2021-10-13T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T09:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/13\/techscape-uk-online-safety-bill-could-set-tone-for-global-social-media-regulation\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T09:42:15","slug":"techscape-uk-online-safety-bill-could-set-tone-for-global-social-media-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/13\/techscape-uk-online-safety-bill-could-set-tone-for-global-social-media-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"TechScape: UK online safety bill could set tone for global social media regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Facebook and Google will be watching closely as MPs and peers consider proposed landmark legislation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/jun\/25\/techscape-sign-up\">Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even before the arrival of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, social media companies were feeling the heat from regulators and politicians. It is white-hot now.<\/p>\n<p>We were well past the tipping point of mild concern from governments and watchdogs anyway, but Haugen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/03\/former-facebook-employee-frances-haugen-identifies-herself-as-whistleblower\">document leaks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/05\/facebook-harms-children-damaging-democracy-claims-whistleblower\">Senate testimony<\/a> have given greater legitimacy and impetus to those who say something has to be done.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/13\/techscape-uk-online-safety-bill-could-set-tone-for-social-media-regulation-worldwide-facebook-google\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/93b95d7b7972303663f9ca6b524549ab889d8ce2\/0_140_4188_2513\/master\/4188.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5c3308125ad94d2d56a8f18fa03fae21\" title=\"TechScape: UK online safety bill could set tone for global social media regulation\" \/>Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Facebook and Google will be watching closely as MPs and peers consider proposed landmark legislation<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nEven before the arrival of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, social media companies were feeling the heat from regulators and politicians. It is white-hot now.<br \/>\nWe were well past the tipping point of mild concern from governments and watchdogs anyway, but Haugen\u2019s document leaks and Senate testimony have given greater legitimacy and impetus to those who say something has to be done. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Facebook and Google will be watching closely as MPs and peers consider proposed landmark legislation Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Even before the arrival of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, social media companies were feeling the heat from regulators and politicians. It is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/13\/techscape-uk-online-safety-bill-could-set-tone-for-global-social-media-regulation\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TechScape: UK online safety bill could set tone for global social media regulation<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}