Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content, UK government report

Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content, UK government report

Online platforms including Google, Facebook and Apple should be regulated in how they distribute news content, according to a new U.K. government report. It said the regulator would require companies like Facebook and Google to build on initiatives they have already established to weed out fake content. Online sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been under fire for allowing fake content to spread on their platforms.

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