UK regulator tells online platforms content moderation needs proactive tech

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 12, 2025, 19:15 GMT | Insight) -- Large online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X will likely be required to ramp up the use of proactive technologies to monitor and take down illegal content before it’s reported by users, a spokesperson for the UK online safety regulator told a conference today. However, Jon Higham, an online safety policy director at Ofcom, said the regulator wants to ensure it recommends proactive tech only when it can be considered “accurate, effective and free from bias.”Online platforms such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, as well as X and Google’s YouTube were told effective content moderation at a large scale would likely require the use of proactive technologies to monitor and take down illegal content before it’s reported by users....

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UK regulator tells online platforms content moderation needs proactive tech

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