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MPs Widen Fake News Investigation To Handling Of Social Media Complaints
- The Guardian, Thursday, March 9, 2017 6:15 AM
A parliamentary inquiry into fake news is to consider legislation forcing social networks to improve the way they handle complaints after Facebook’s failure to remove sexualised images of children. Damian Collins, chair of the culture, media and sport (CMS) committee, said Facebook’s failure to remove all the images reported, as part of a BBC investigation this week, was “disturbing”.
