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UK Lawmakers Target TikTok in the Name of Fighting “Misinformation”
UK lawmakers push for a strategic assault on TikTok “misinformation,” emphasizing the “protection” of young minds as they drift from traditional news sources.
UK Communications Regulator Forms 350-Person Team to Enforce UK’s New Online Censorship Law
The team includes new hires from senior Big Tech staff.
GB News Fires Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson, Raising Significant Doubts Over Supporting Free Speech
The supposed free speech TV and streaming network has taken a turn.
UK Media Regulator Investigates GB News
Positioning itself as supporting free speech and anti-censorship, something that has several times been brought into question – though it is at least more so than other news outlets, GB News is currently wrestling with the UK’s media regulator Ofcom over what many see as the hand of censorship
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Calls for Media Crackdown in GB News Free Speech Controversy
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ignited a debate over freedom of speech and potential censorship within the media. Brown specified that and commentators Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox should be barred from broadcasting, according to statements made during his interview with Sophy R
The UK Passes Sweeping New Surveillance and Censorship Measures in the Online Safety Bill
Extreme new legislation.
The UK Government Will Have to Eventually Realize Messages Can’t Be Both Scanned and End-To-End Encrypted
The government is pretending it’s possible to do both – all while it moves to expand spying power.
TikTok CEO, UK, and EU to Discuss Regulating “Harmful Content” at World Economic Forum 2023 Annual Meeting
The discussion will focus on tackling “online harms” on social media, in the cloud, and in gaming.
UK Regulator Appoints Former Google Exec as “Online Safety” Head After Online Censorship Bill Is Reintroduced
Helping the state enforce its new censorship law.
The UK Plots to Ban Private Messaging
Another major threat to civil liberties in the UK.
