Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Mann (Labour), on Tuesday, 27 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICE PROVIDERS, CIVIL LIABILITY AND OVERSIGHT

That this House is concerned by the failure of social media companies to remove hateful and illegal content spreading racism, antisemitism and other forms of discrimination; is further concerned that social media companies are benefitting from immunity from prosecution for failure to remove the content published on their platforms; notes the Ten Minute Rule Motion on Social Media Service Providers (Civil Liability and Oversight); further notes the Motion's proposed rules on disclosure of information and an e-commissioner to ensure an appropriate regulatory approach to social media; congratulates both the German and Australian Parliaments for their efforts to make social media companies deliver proper oversight of their platforms; and calls on Government Ministers to establish an economic incentive for social media companies to abide by their own terms of service and the law.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

995 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Kelvin Hopkins

Jim Cunningham

Jim Shannon

Liz Saville Roberts

Subjects

Companies Business Equality ICT Internet Racial discrimination Regulation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk