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RSS FeedsStephen Fry: Facebook and other platforms should be classed as publishers
(The Guardian Books News)

 
 

28 may 2017 21:08:26

 
Stephen Fry: Facebook and other platforms should be classed as publishers
(The Guardian Books News)
 


Speaking at Hay festival, writer accuses `aggregating news agenciesī of not taking responsibility for their contentStephen Fry has called for Facebook and other `aggregating news agencies` to be reclassified as publishers in order to stop fake news and online abuse spreading by making social media subject to the same legal responsibilities as traditional news websites.Outlining his `reformation` for the internet, as part of the Hay literary festivalīs programme to mark the quincentenary of Martin Lutherīs Ninety-five Theses in 1517, Fry accused social media platforms of refusing to `take responsibility for those dangerous, defamatory, inflammatory and fake items whose effects will have legal consequences for traditional printed or broadcast media, but which they can escape`. Related: Facebook flooded with `sextortion` and revenge porn, files reveal Related: Jeremy Paxman at Hay festival: `Media must stop sneering at Trump` Continue reading...


 
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