2022-11-03
Twitter today is awash with posts calling for #onlinesafetybill sooner, stronger, tougher. It's policy-making by who shouts loudest. What's needed is thoughtful, rational policy-making to help victims of abusive content & protect the rights of those posting lawfully. /4
The i Paper
Source: the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill's controversial “legal but harmful” content rules, leaving them only for material targeted at children
EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer
This has been expected for a while. But deleting Clause 13 - legal but harmful content for adults - won't protect free speech. This claim is pure gaslighting. It won't alter the underlying fundamentals of the #onlinesafetybill @openrightsgroup THREAD 1/ https://twitter.com/...
The i Paper
Source: the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill's controversial “legal but harmful” content rules, leaving them only for material targeted at children
EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer
Beware too that “Requirement will be restricted to posts aimed at children after free speech fears.” Not quite. It will likely force stronger restrictions on content deemed “legal but harmful” under other clauses which mandate age-gating. Likely to target similar issues. /3
The i Paper
Source: the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill's controversial “legal but harmful” content rules, leaving them only for material targeted at children
EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer
Bewsare of getting the wrong end of the stick. The idea that internet platforms will no longer make decisions on what is/isn't illegal is to misunderstand the #onlinesafetybill The illegal content provisions will stay & make them do precisely that. 2/ https://twitter.com/...
The i Paper
Source: the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill's controversial “legal but harmful” content rules, leaving them only for material targeted at children
EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer
2022-03-18
@PaulbernalUK @Ofcom Ofcom already has £100million for it. Dorries said this in evidence to Bill committee. Plus it will be charging licence fees. Business will be footing most of the £2 billion estimated cost (govt Impact Assessment) http://www.iptegrity.com/...
Sky News
The UK's Online Safety Bill, introduced to Parliament in hopes of sensible reform, is an unworkable compromise whose basic elements are shrouded in confusion
Even after years of debate, there remain substantive differences of opinion about the nature and purpose of the bill …