Meta, TikTok, Google, Amazon and Twitter sign ‘world first’ voluntary code, which critics say is a move designed to fend off regulation
Global social media companies including TikTok, Twitter and Meta have signed a “world first” code of conduct that commits them to reducing the spread of harmful content inFacebook and Instagram operator Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon andhave voluntarily signed the code of practice for online safety and harms, requiring them to reduce harmful content on their platforms, introduce a robust public complaints system and provide yearly reports on safety standards.
Its chief executive, Brent Carey, said the code built on other international codes of practice in the EU and Australia but was the “first of its kind”.
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