Proactive Stance of Legislators
In the UK, last year, the Online Safety Act was passed by Parliament to protect children from online harm, while empowering adults with more choices over what their children see online.21 In the US, the American Privacy Rights Act has been introduced to Congress by a bi-partisan group to regulate high-impact social media companies and large data holders on data privacy.22
In March this year, the EU implemented the Digital Markets Act which enables greater oversight of Core Platform Services and Big Tech firms such as Meta, Google, and Microsoft.23 All of this new red tape demonstrates an increasingly proactive stance of legislators when it comes to tech regulation and creating safeguards for society. The result? Scrutiny of activity is intensifying.