Online Safety Bill
The UK Government Has A Little-Known Censorship Unit
Details about the shadowy unit.
UK government to use Plymouth shooting to push for online “incitement and extremism” legislation
Another proposal to regulate and surveil the internet.
Google sues Germany over “hate speech” laws
Google wants to decide what’s “hate speech,” not Germany.
UK House of Lords blasts Big Tech as monopolizers of the “public square” in new report
The peers said that the new “Online Safety” proposals are a threat to free speech.
UK rushes to judgement, many call for social media platforms to collect ID following racist comments from foreign bot accounts
If it’s true that most of the racist Euro 2020 final comments came from foreign bots, handing over ID would create a civil liberties crisis and do nothing so solve the issue.
The UK faces algorithm-driven censorship if online censorship bill comes to pass
A dark future looms.
At G7, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson sign charter committing to defend against “disinformation”
A sign of more censorship to come?
Ironic: Architect of UK online censorship bill condemns cancelation of cricket star for “offensive” tweets
The bill will require Big Tech platforms to censor the types of tweets that were at the center of this cancelation.
Facebook’s Nick Clegg accused of trying to influence appointment of UK regulator
Ofcom refuses to say what their meetings with Clegg entailed.
The Online Safety Bill is a major blow to the UK’s already-feeble free speech rights
It’s the most far-reaching online censorship law the UK has ever proposed.
UK to force platforms to remove content that’s “illegal on the street”
An Online Safety law is coming this year.
Fact-checking activist groups call on UK Parliament to monitor online “misinformation” in real-time
An increasing push for legislation.