Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call Meta and TikTok executives
The hearings will take place amid concern that UK online safety laws risk being outpaced by rapidly advancing technology and the politicisation of platforms such as Elon Musk’s X.The hearings will take place amid concern that UK online safety laws risk being outpaced by rapidly advancing technology and the politicisation of platforms such as Elon Musk’s X.
Former Labour minister Peter Mandelson, tipped to become the next UK ambassador to Washington, this week called for an end to the “feud” between Musk and the UK government. The Commons inquiry comes amid fresh turbulence in the social media landscape as millions of X users move to Bluesky, a new platform, with many migrating in protest at misinformation, the presence of once-banned users such as Tommy Robinson and Andrew Tate, and updated service terms that allow the platform to train its AI models on user data.
Onwurah said the inquiry would attempt to “get to the bottom of the links between social media algorithms, generative AI, and the spread of harmful or false content”.recently to be regurgitating false and racist claims about people in African countries having low average IQs. Google said the AI overviews containing the claims had violated its policies and had been removed.
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