Tech firms face new ‘legal liability’ for facilitating terror
UK prime minister Theresa May has agreed with her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to adopt a joint online terror strategy which will see tech firms such as Facebook and Google landed with hefty fines if they do not pull their weight in preventing digital radicalization.
Tech firms face new ‘legal liability’ for facilitating terror
Adding real clout to their words both leaders have agreed to enforce a new legal liability for technology firms which fail to remove inflammatory content. Both nations will also collaborate on the development of new tools designed to tackle incitement of violence and hate.
The Conservative Party's manifesto outlined measures to turn the screw on tech companies to do more to censor terrorist propaganda, with a specific pledge to disrupt encrypted communications.
Macron’s star is rising in Paris just as May’s nosedives in London with the president’s fledgling La Republique En Marche movement set to win a landslide in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, in sharp contrast to the hung parliament in the UK.
Attempting to put the general election behind her May will look to get back on the front foot by agreeing a non-contentious policy direction ahead of the fraught Brexit process in just one weeks’ time.
The tête-à-tête will see both leaders attend the Stade de France to view a friendly between England and France, which will include a minute’s silence prior to kick-off in memory of recent terror attacks in London, Manchester, Nice and Paris.
The news comes just days after German chancellor Angela Merkel called for the implementation of global digital standards similar to those employed for financial markets.