Plan to crack down on social media firms is 'massive step', say MPs

White paper proposes making executives liable for harmful content on their platformsMPs have welcomed news that the government is considering personally fining social media executives deemed to have failed to meet their duty of care to users, with one calling the decision a “massive step forward in making companies actually liable” for activity on their platforms.The Guardian revealed on Thursday that the online harms white paper, due to be published on Monday, will call for the crea