Government mulls crackdown on social media platforms

The government is looking at a range of new measures to regulate social media platforms, according to Margot James, a minister at the Digital, Media, Culture and Sport department.
New regulations could include legislation similar to that recently introduced in Germany, which requires social platforms to take down harmful content that meets certain criteria within 24 hours, which James said she is “looking [at] with great interest”. She plans to examine how the law is currently worki