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Britain to make social media platforms answerable for damaging content material

Britain stated on Wednesday it will impose a brand new accountability of care on big tech compani...
Britain said on Wednesday it would impose a new duty of care on big tech compani...

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  8. "The UK government must introduce new measures to check the dominance of tech giants Google and Facebook in digital advertising and help make space for other players, Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday". (July 1, 2020)
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