{"id":11670,"date":"2019-04-08T13:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.clientdemoweb.com\/oggadoon\/?p=11670"},"modified":"2022-08-10T12:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:06:25","slug":"websites-could-be-fined-for-their-content-and-we-welcome-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/website.clientdemoweb.com\/oggadoon\/websites-could-be-fined-for-their-content-and-we-welcome-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Websites could be fined for their content&#8230;and we welcome it"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a joint proposal from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Home Office websites sharing and hosting harmful content could now be liable for a fine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/793360\/Online_Harms_White_Paper.pdf\"> Online Harms White Paper<\/a> produced by both governing <g class=\"gr_ gr_129 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"129\" data-gr-id=\"129\">bodies,<\/g> have suggested establishing an independent regulator that can write a &#8220;code of practice&#8221; for social networks and internet companies, and to give that regulator powers to fine companies and company executives that break these rules.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is harmful content?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harmful content goes beyond what is illegal. <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">Imagery<\/g> of self-harm, propaganda and misinformation are all considered harmful content because of the damage it does to attitudes and wellbeing. However, this also creates issues around how these can be enforced. Take the mediation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-47779782\">fake news on websites like Facebook<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No one is exempt<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even messaging apps and social media networks will be as responsible for the content shared by its users as other websites which means that these social networks will need to step up the policing of their own content to make sure that they are compliant. It&#8217;s unclear how companies will be <g class=\"gr_ gr_33 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"33\" data-gr-id=\"33\">responsbile<\/g> but it&#8217;s likely that they&#8217;ll need to increase the use of agencies and consultants to moderate all the content that is uploaded, whether it is a link, photo or video.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens now?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal, which includes suggestions for the Code of Conduct, will be discussed over the next 12 weeks. It could be that a new regulatory body is created or an existing government body, like Ofcom, takes over enforcing these new rules. You can find more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-47826946\">BBC website<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a joint proposal from the Department for Digital, Culture, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Websites could be fined for their content...and we welcome it - OggaDoon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Online Harms White Paper is proposing the creatation of new regulatory body to write a Code of Practise for websites and app to manage harmful content.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/website.clientdemoweb.com\/oggadoon\/websites-could-be-fined-for-their-content-and-we-welcome-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Websites could be fined for their content...and we welcome it - 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