Wednesday 6 July 2022 12:24 AM Tech giants face huge fines over online child abuse if they fail to take action trends now
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Tech giants that fail to develop ways to scan for online child abusers could face fines of billions of pounds under tough measures unveiled today.
Ofcom will be granted powers to require firms to show how they are ‘preventing, identifying and removing’ illegal content.
If they fail to comply they could be hit with fines of up to £18million or 10 per cent of their annual global turnover.
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, posted a global turnover of £98.6billion last year, meaning any penalty imposed under the new measures could – in theory – run to nearly £10billion.
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