Tag: UK Commons committee

• Monday, July 30th 2018 - 06:27 UTC

  UK Commons blasts tech giants for fake news: they act irresponsibly and must be regulated and accountable

  

  Fake news has plunged democracy into crisis with voters being systematically manipulated by campaigns of hate and disinformation, a Commons committee has warned. In a blistering attack, MPs rounded on tech giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, for acting “irresponsibly” over data collection and called for new laws to make them accountable for the content on their sites.