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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.
Scotland: Man convicted of posting “grossly offensive” tweet
Speech protections in the UK are suffering.
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Rights groups push back against UK’s encryption ban proposal
A massive threat to privacy.
UK proposes prosecuting platform bosses that don’t censor content
More censorship demands.
UK’s Royal Society study says social platforms shouldn’t censor “misinformation”
It only backfires and creates even more mistrust in institutions.
UK government hires ad agency to convince the public they don’t need privacy
The government thinks all communications should be available for snooping.
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Twitter bans Assange support account @Unity4J
No reason given.