Online harms white paper: could regulation kill innovation?
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#4CFVJ)
Government wants UK to be safest place to go online and also best place to grow a digital business
It's rare to describe a government white paper as "trendy", but among the small community of people who think deeply about how to rein in the the power of big tech, that's exactly how these proposals will be seen.
The online harms white paper attempts a neat magic trick that tries to offer regulation that won't scare away the titans of technology, while still providing enough teeth to ease the tabloid campaigns for accountability and action.
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