NDM 10

Google and Facebook to be asked to pay to help UK tackle cyberbullying

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/11/google-and-facebook-to-be-asked-to-pay-to-help-tackle-cyberbullying

- The Guardian

This article talks about a green paper that will intend to make or try to make the internet a safer place especially for young children/teens that are easily exposed to disturbing parts of the internet very often. This is due to the rise in cyberbullying and online intimidation that has caused the government to question how safe the internet is. They want to make this voluntary and to have the companies work with the government instead of legislating it which would be the more difficult route.

• Research carried out by a team of academics for the green paper found that almost 20% of 12- to 15-year-olds had in the last year encountered something online that they found “worrying or nasty in some way”.

a quote that I liked from this article is ''She said: “Behaviour that is unacceptable in real life is unacceptable on a computer screen. We need an approach to the internet that protects everyone without restricting growth and innovation in the digital economy'' This is because it acknowledges the fact that the internet is a growing platform and is growing at a fast paced where people are more creative in the way they spread information or receive information. Therefore, they do not want to stop this change but want to make sure that people are not harmed in the process due to the lack of control of the information being spread.