Online Safety Bill
The Online Safety Bill gives the UK government unprecedented power to determine “harmful” content
State-appointed officials will dictate online speech rules in the country.
UK censorship bill tasks Big Tech with deciding when something is “illegal” or “fraudulent”
Silicon Valley enforcers get to skip the police and the courts.
Proposed UK law will jail people whose speech causes “psychological harm” with “no reasonable excuse”
Maximum penalty of up to two years in prison.
UK to launch new digital ID technology next month as part of nationwide digital ID push
The tech will allow governments and businesses to share data for digital ID checks.
The UK Online Safety Bill explained: A reckless threat to free speech
A carelessly-written bill. Sweeping government censorship powers. Big Tech speech police. And more.
UK Online Safety Bill, that will censor some “legal but harmful” content, presented to Parliament
Knowingly false communications and more will also be restricted.
Experiment shows UK’s pro-censorship politicians have their own past comments deleted by Facebook
The warning comes before the UK enacts one of the biggest attacks on free speech in a liberal democracy with the “Online Safety Bill.”
The UK plans to task Big Tech in determining which advertisers are scams
Part of the upcoming Online Harms Bill.
UK pushes forward with plans to reduce online anonymity
Big free speech implications.
Christians suggest proposed UK speech law could make Christian teachings illegal
More pushback to the UK’s proposed online “safety” bill.
Nadine Dorries is killing comedy
The UK Culture Secretary wants to ban offensive jokes.
UK wants to ban speech that is “knowingly false,” could cause “non-trivial” “emotional harm”
A vaguely worded dangerous proposal to kill what’s left of free speech in the country.