The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson is considering introducing new laws to limit social media giants in the country owing to Twitter’s alleged selective and controversial self-adopted policies that censor voices from chosen sections of its userbase, reports Daily Mail.
Johnson who is the leader of the conservative party in the UK was perturbed after Twitter applied warning labels to more than 65 tweets sent by President Donald Trump during the just US presidential elections. However, no such restrictions were applied to any of the tweets by President-elect Joseph Biden.
The Online Harms Bill has been presented before the Parliament and Johnson has discussed the amendment designed to punish social media companies which publish harmful material.
Through these new laws, Johnson seeks to “limit the ability of a bunch of woke Californians to interfere in the UK”.
Many people across different countries including India have criticized and raised concerns against Twitter for its alleged left-leaning bias and the unilateral power it has to censor anyone.
In India too, there have been several allegations of Twitter shadow banning prominent accounts that are critical of the left and supposedly ‘liberal’.
A new watchdog called Digital Markets Unit is expected to become fully operational by 2022 as a part of the Competition and Markets Authority. It has called for stronger powers over Google and Facebook to address their ‘unassailable’ positions in digital advertising and social networking.