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"Big Tech takes a beating as online safety experts accuse companies of doing bare minimum" — The Register · AI & Technology
Single sourceOnline safety experts have told the UK Parliament's Communications and Digital Committee that major technology companies are doing only the bare minimum to comply with the , effectively making it too easy for users, including children, to access banned or harmful content. The criticism follows reports of a 72% underage access rate and a proposed AUD 99 million fine in a related Australian context, highlighting a pattern of regulatory pushback against Big Tech's minimal compliance efforts.
The claim is based on expert testimony before a UK parliamentary committee, as reported by The Register and corroborated by other outlets. The reporting sits at one remove from the primary source (the committee hearing itself), and the headline's 'taking a beating' is a journalistic framing rather than a direct quote from the experts. The provenance tier is aggregated/secondary with no primary cited, so the solidity of specific details (e.g., the 72% figure) depends on the reporter's accuracy in capturing the testimony.
This is genuinely new coverage from November 14, 2026, reporting on live parliamentary testimony.
We covered the UK government's broader stance on Big Tech and AI in September 2026, when Ed Miliband stated that the government cannot leave AI safety to corporations.