{"id":115614,"date":"2022-10-03T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=115614"},"modified":"2022-10-03T18:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:21:30","slug":"london-times-the-church-of-england-threatens-tech-giants-over-child-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=115614","title":{"rendered":"([London] Times) The Church of England threatens tech giants over child safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Church of England has threatened to use its influence as a multimillion-pound investor in companies such as Meta, Google and Amazon to challenge them if they fail to protect children from harmful content.<\/p>\n

Investing in big technology firms and social media sites \u201cmay not be consistent with Christian values\u201d, the Church said. It has issued a list of demands to the companies it invests in, including a call for \u201cenhanced protections\u201d for children.<\/p>\n

It has \u00a310.1 billion in assets and investments across a range of sectors, and already uses its clout as a big-money investor in oil firms to lobby them to step up their efforts to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n

Among its 20 biggest equity holdings are Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba, Meta and Alphabet, parent companyt of Google. It does not disclose how much it invests in each.<\/p>\n

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The Church of England has threatened to use its influence as a multimillion-pound investor in companies such as Meta, Google and Amazon to challenge them if they fail to protect children from harmful contenthttps:\/\/t.co\/bkFGnef57K<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ann Mroz (@AnnMroz) October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n