Sir Harold Evans brands Facebook, Google disgraceful for failure to tackle fake news
Sir Harold Evans has branded Facebook and Google “disgraceful” for their failure to tackle the spread of the fake
Former Sunday Times editor Sir Harold Evans has branded Facebook and Google “disgraceful” for their failure to tackle the spread of the fake news stories which have acted as political propaganda.
And he has said he remains supportive of (UK) Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act being enacted. This would impose punitive costs in libel and privacy cases on publishers who refuse to sign up to a Royal Charter-backed press regulator.
Repealing Section 40 was the subject of a campaign which was supported by nearly every national and regional newspaper publisher in December 2016 and January of this year.
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