The United Kingdom is toughening its new social media law, threatening CEOs with jail time




The United Kingdom is toughening its new social media law, threatening CEOs with jail time: The government said a number of new offenses had been added to the bill, making senior executives at tech firms criminally liable for destroying evidence, failing to attend or providing false information in Ofcom interviews, and obstructing the watchdog when it enters company offices. Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok have all come under fire for […]

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