Peers call for tougher regulation of digital and social media in UK

Misinformation ‘pandemic’ erodes trust in politics and institutions, warns Lords committee

Ministers are being urged to toughen up the regulation of digital and social media because “a pandemic of misinformation and disinformation” is eroding trust in politics and public institutions.

A House of Lords committee on democracy and digital technologies, chaired by the film producer and Labour peer David Puttnam, has called on ministers to push ahead with the long-mooted online harms bill and to overhaul rules for online political advertising.

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