LONDON: Britain will publish a formal proposal on Oct 11 for a levy on social media firms and Internet providers to help fund its online safety strategy, designed to tackle bullying, abuse and other risks for children and vulnerable users.
Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers have been critical of firms like Twitter, Facebook, and Google, repeatedly calling on them to do more to stop the spread of extremist content online and help victims of abuse.
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