UK MPs call for tax on Facebook to pay for policing data misuse

The digital, culture, media and sports committee also delivered a scathing verdict on Free Basics, Facebook’s scheme for offering free internet access in developing countries, which has been accused of facilitating propaganda andstoking violencein Myanmar. Leave.EU, co-founded by insurance entrepren...

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Published inFT.com
Main Author Mance, Henry
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Financial Times Limited 27.07.2018
Subjects
Collins, Damian
Committees
Developing countries
Internet access
LDCs
Political advertising
Politics
Social networks
Voters
Zuckerberg, Mark
Myanmar (Burma)
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:The digital, culture, media and sports committee also delivered a scathing verdict on Free Basics, Facebook’s scheme for offering free internet access in developing countries, which has been accused of facilitating propaganda andstoking violencein Myanmar. Leave.EU, co-founded by insurance entrepreneur Arron Banks, is the subject of ongoing inquiries by the Electoral Commission, the Information Commissioners’ Office and the National Crime Agency. The committee suggested there could be a levy on tech companies to pay for the expanded work of the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK data protection regulator, in the same way the banking industry pays a levy to fund the work of the Financial Conduct Authority.