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UK names its select for social media harms watchdog

The United Kingdom executive has taken the next move in its grand policymaking problem to tame the worst excesses of social media by means of regulating a vast vary of on-line harms — naming the prevailing communications watchdog, Ofcom, as its most well-liked select for implementing regulations round ‘destructive speech&#82…
The UK government has taken the next step in its grand policymaking challenge to tame the worst excesses of social media by regulating a broad range of online harms — naming the existing communications watchdog, Ofcom, as its preferred pick for enforcing rules around ‘harmful speechR…

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