Online harms: How should we regulate big tech?

The challenges with the big tech companies are well-documented. Disinformation, trolling, and taxation are all issues which policymakers have been rushing to grapple with in recent years. The global nature of the internet makes this a particularly difficult challenge and it is one which the UK Government is planning to overcome with its upcoming legislation on ‘online harms’. Does it go far enough or does it go too far? We explored this with Darren Jones MP (Labour Party and Chair of the BEIS Select Committee), Dr Elinor Carmi (University of Liverpool), Alvin Carpio (Facebook You Owe Us), and Rachel Fielden (WebRoots Democracy). This discussion took place during the WebRoots Democracy Festival in November 2020.