U.K. Proposes Rules to Promote BBC and Other Public Broadcasters on Social Media

U.K. authorities proposed requiring social media companies and video sharing platforms to make news content from public service media including the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, S4C, and 5 prominent and easy to find. Reason reported that authorities are also considering ways to ensure approved platforms remain prominent, discoverable, and promoted on third-party platforms such as video sharing sites.

The proposals aim to tackle mis- and disinformation, particularly during times of social unrest or crisis, according to U.K. authorities. , Project 2029 put forth by Andrei Cherny and other progressives including Neera Tanden proposes that everyone who uses social media platforms submit to identity verification.

The plan also includes a nationwide ban on people under age 16 using social media.S. adults say people under age 16 should be banned from social media, according to a Pew Research Center survey, while 21 percent oppose such a ban.

The KIDS Act, a package of proposed internet regulations passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week, does not include an outright ban on kids using social media or impose a duty of care on social platforms. Reason reported that the Senate appears poised to reject the measure because some senators and advocacy groups do not think it goes far enough.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that geofence warrants count as searches for Fourth Amendment purposes. Reason reported the final result was 5–1–3 on the legal reasoning and 6–3 on the result. Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the majority opinion that an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone's location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information even though for only a limited time and from a third-party tech company.