Social Media: Fake News
Debate between Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Fowler
Wednesday 29th April 2020
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The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port. No? I call Lord Clement-Jones.
Lord Clement-Jones (LD)
My Lords, in the light of the Avaaz report and Ofcom’s latest figures showing the massive extent of Covid disinformation, is not the Government’s approach to social media platforms far too flabby? Should they not be obliging social media platforms to not only provide correct information, but issue warnings and then terminate the accounts of those disseminating misinformation about Covid-19?