{"id":2458,"date":"2018-09-22T21:09:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/internet-regulator-considered-for-uk\/"},"modified":"2018-09-22T21:09:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T21:09:59","slug":"internet-regulator-considered-for-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/internet-regulator-considered-for-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet regulator considered for UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Social networks\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/263F\/production\/_103519790_gettyimages-1033887718.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The UK government is considering &#8220;all options&#8221;, including a regulator, as part of new legislation governing the internet.<\/p>\n<p>It has previously said it will publish a White Paper in the coming months, laying out its proposals.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/alexwickham\/uk-government-regulator-internet\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Buzzfeed News<\/a>, the White Paper will propose a regulatory body similar to Ofcom, which regulates broadcasters and telecoms companies.<\/p>\n<p>The government told the BBC it would publish the White Paper this winter.<\/p>\n<p>But a spokesman for the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said it had nothing to share at this time.<\/p>\n<p>A cross-party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-44995490\" class=\"story-body__link\">committee investigating misinformation<\/a> and fake news has already suggested areas for new legislation ahead of the White Paper.<\/p>\n<p>In July, it recommended:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">reforming electoral law for the digital age &#8211; including clear rules about political advertising online<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">taxing social networks to pay for digital literacy programmes in schools<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">greater transparency around online advertising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, Buzzfeed News said the government&#8217;s proposals would go further. It said it had seen details of the White Paper, which included:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">forcing websites to remove illegal hate speech within a specific time period or face penalties. A similar law is in force in Germany<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">making social networks verify the age of their users<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">punishing social networks that failed to remove terror content or child abuse images<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">restricting advertisements online for food and soft drink products that were high in salt, fat or sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A spokesman for the DCMS said the report was speculation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Buzzfeed, it said: &#8220;We are considering all options, including what legislation will be necessary and whether a regulator is needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-45590297\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images The UK government is considering &#8220;all options&#8221;, including a regulator, as part of new legislation governing the internet. It has previously said it will publish a White Paper in the coming months, laying out its proposals. According to Buzzfeed News, the White Paper will propose a regulatory body similar to Ofcom, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}