United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL1983
Multinational Companies: Technology
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13 July 2021
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19 July 2021 · Answer
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19 July 2021
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce tax penalties against tech companies that are slow to remove harmful content.
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13 July 2021
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce tax penalties against tech companies that are slow to remove harmful content.
Source: Lords
19 July 2021
Answer
Where tech companies fail to fulfil their new duty of care, the Online Safety Bill provides a suite of enforcement powers for the regulator, Ofcom. Ofcom’s powers will include fines for companies of up to £18m or 10% of qualifying annual global turnover (...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-13/HL1983
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1346578
- uk · wq-1346578 · source updated 19 July 2021