Abstract

Subject Forthcoming UK White Paper on online harms. Significance The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is expected soon to publish a White Paper on online harms, which will also propose new regulations for technology firms and penalties for non-compliance. Impacts Increased encryption would help tighten privacy but limit law enforcement’s capacity to monitor online criminal activity. This change may reduce the scope of investigative journalism and open-source intelligence. Social media will focus on improving technological filters to monitor extremist content.

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