UK government is expected to remove “legal but harmful” online speech ban from censorship bill

Rishi Sunak’s new government will bring back the Online Safety bill this month. However, they will make some amendments, including removing the “legal but harmful” clause, which raised freedom of speech concerns.

The new Prime Minister ordered Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to work on the bill and table it before the House of Commons this year, The Sun reported.

The “legal but harmful” clause will not apply to adults, something Sunak promised during the leadership campaign in the summer.

The clause would have made “offensive” comments illegal, and force social media companies to take down any controversial speech or risk a 10% fine of their global turnover.

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