Lords report calls for authority to regulate digital world

A House of Lords Communications Committee report calls for greater regulation of tech companies and recommends this is overseen by a new, overarching regulatory framework. The ‘Regulating in a Digital World’ report calls for a new Digital Authority to regulate the digital world. It points to the failures of self regulation by big tech companies as well as “out of date” regulatory mechanisms which, it argues, have failed to recognise the increased role digital plays in society. The Digital Authority, to be overseen by a new joint committee of both Houses…

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