The standards of accuracy and impartiality which tech companies are held to could be based on regulator Ofcom’s rules for television and radio, the lawmakers said. British broadcasters, whether publicly or privately owned, must generally stick to strict rules on political balance and factual accuracy, overseen by a regulator. “Sometimes decisions about what is and isn’t ‘fake’ will be highly political and contentious,” techUK’s deputy director, Antony Walker, said. Tom Watson, deputy leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, said the government had previously rejected its efforts to give the ICO greater investigation powers and improve disclosure of how online political adverts are funded. The findings were made in an interim report, with the full report due in the autumn.

Source: The Express Tribune July 30, 2018 09:33 UTC