In accordance with the latest amendments made to the British security bill on the Internet, the heads of technological companies may be prosecuted. This will happen with the inability to remove illegal and dangerous content in time, as well as to censor/hide publications regarding cyber -configuration, acquaintance or suicide from all users under the age of 18.
Michel Donelan, Minister of Culture of Great Britain approved the amendments for which a group of deputies from the Conservative Party spoke. Party representatives could not come to a consensus on this bill for several months, which led to delays with the adoption of amendments. Government deputies want social networks such as Tiktok, Twitter*, Facebook*, Instagram*, YouTube, as well as the web giants of the industry strengthened the security protocols that stop online arrangement, persecution, porn, fraud, the sale of drugs and weapons.
The previous version of the bill provided for imprisonment only if officials refused to comply with information from the British communication regulator of ofCom. In the final version of the bill, the leaders of technological companies face up to two years in prison for the regular non -compliance of these rules.
The organization of Techuk, representing the interests of the British technological industry, previously warned the government that the threat of criminal prosecution could scare away investments and force companies to leave the country. “The government clearly accepted the argument that the most stringent sanctions should be applied for harm to children,” the Catets said in a statement.
Meanwhile, another British politician, Bill Cache noted that a similar bill is currently being considered by the legislators of Ireland. “Top managers who do not comply with the requirements of law enforcement will be sent to prison. I talked with Irish lawyers, and they say that this is really effective. This is exactly what we seek,” the cache added.
Web sites and mobile applications now need to implement a reliable identification of the age of their users and effectively limit the inappropriate content from children.
Is it possible to protect adolescents from all cyber-powers? Sooner or later we will definitely find out. It remains only to hope that the involved companies will not make changes to their rules outside the UK. After all, any restrictions will suffer any restrictions.
*products Twitter, Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. recognized as extremist, their activities are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation