The white paper on online harms is a global first. It has never been more needed | John Naughton

The tech industry may rail against the DCMS’s document but it’s high time they were brought to bookOn Monday last week, the government published its long-awaited white paper on online harms. It was launched at the British Library by the two cabinet ministers responsible for it – Jeremy Wright of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the home secretary, Sajid Javid. Wright was calm, modest and workmanlike in his introduction. Javid was, well, more macho