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Recommendation 14
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Despite the number of controls in place on social media platforms, users continuously experience content...
Recommendation
Despite the number of controls in place on social media platforms, users continuously experience content that, by the platforms’ own admission, shouldn’t be accessible. We 44 Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image recommend that the Government should ensure that social media companies enforce their advertising rules and community guidelines and introduce strong sanctions for failing to do so, including but not limited to, significant fines.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states it will continue working with the ASA on online advertising rules through the Online Advertising Programme and confirms that Ofcom, under the Online Safety Bill, will have robust enforcement powers, including significant fines, for social media companies failing to enforce guidelines on user-generated content.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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98. In the case of advertising, the ASA sets out the advertising rules for social media companies (and all other actors who advertise online) through their CAP codes. These codes form a self-regulatory framework that hold the advertising sector to account. The ASA have been proactive to update their codes to tackle new challenges as posed by the likes of social media. The Government will continue to work closely with them as the regulator of online advertising.
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