3 months old If the UK really wants to be a sovereign nation, it should stand up to big tech This article is more than 3 months old The government has come up with a clever new way of regulating the digital marketplace – but will it ever become law? Mark Zuckerberg speaking at the VivaTech trade fair in Paris in 2018, where he held a secret meeting with then culture secretary Matt Hancock. Photograph: Gérard Julien/AFP/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg speaking at the VivaTech trade fair in Paris in 2018, where he held a secret meeting with then culture secretary Matt Hancock. Photograph: Gérard Julien/AFP/Getty Images