Online Safety Bill: UK lawmakers recommend tighter rules for Big Tech
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> The UK is getting ready to vote on regulating Big Tech. iStock / Getty Images Plus UK lawmakers want to further tighten new rules governing Big Tech ahead of a parliamentary vote. A joint committee of members of Parliament from the House of Commons and peers from the House of Lords published recommendations on Tuesday to tighten the draft Online Safety Bill before Parliament votes on the legislation next year. The , previou and to . At the conclusion of their investigation, they have published a report advising that the new law should apply more widely than currently stated in the draft bill. "The Committee has set out recommendations to bring more offences clearly within the scope of the Online Safety Bill, give Ofcom the power in law to set minimum safety standards for the services they will regulate, and to take enforcement action against companies...