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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Christopher McKeon

Tech giants must obey UK’s online safety laws, says minister

Science Secretary Peter Kyle said he was ‘open-minded’ about tightening online safety legislation (BBC/PA) - (PA Media)

British law has not changed and tech giants must still obey it, the Science Secretary has said in response to Meta’s decision to do away with content moderation teams.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that his social media platforms would replace their longstanding fact-checking programme with a “community notes” system similar to Elon Musk’s X platform.

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