U.K. May Legislate to Hold Social Media Companies to Account - Bloomberg

Social media companies including Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. need to be held accountable for far more of their content than is currently the case, U.K. Minister for Digital Margot James said, suggesting ministers may legislate to enforce their obligations.

“There are various forms of self-regulation which could be tightened” around social media, but “my feeling is we need to get more of it on a statutory footing,” James said on Wednesday in a telephone interview. While the government hasn’t formed an “agreed position” yet, proposals will be made in the summer, she said.