UK Online Safety Bill divides political opinion once more
The UK government has been forced to amend its ill-fated Online Safety Bill once more thanks to a rebellion from its own MPs.
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Ofcom jumps the gun with chief censor appointment
UK comms regulator Ofcom has anticipated the passing of the controversial Online Safety Bill by creating a new division to police online content.
Tweaked Online Safety Bill may please nobody
The UK government has once more tweaked its controversial Online Safety Bill in a bid to strike the right balance between safety and free speech.
UK government set to drop absurd attempt to censor ‘legal but harmful’ content
There are reports that the UK government intends to resurrect the troubled online safety bill, but without its most controversial component.
Ofcom study highlights threats to child online safety
A third of kids aged between 8 and 17 with a social media profile signed up with a false date of birth, according to new report by UK comms regulator Ofcom, seemingly offered up as a framing to the Online Safety Bill.
New UK PM set to correct Online Safety Bill
Liz Truss, who has just been made the new UK Prime Minister, has already indicated a greater respect for freedom of speech than her predecessor.
UK set to postpone controversial Online Safety Bill
It looks like UK citizens are going to be denied additional state protection when they use the internet for a bit longer.
UK government reckons people love a bit of censorship
The DCMS has commissioned a report that found 7 in 10 adults want social media firms to do more to tackle harmful content. What a surprise.
UK government moves to protect some journalism from social media censorship
The UK’s deeply flawed Online Safety Bill gets a rare positive amendment as measures are introduced to stop big US social media platforms from censoring some stories.
Opposition grows to UK’s censorious Online Safety Bill
The UK government claims it wants to make the internet safer by giving itself sweeping censorship powers. A major new analysis adds to widespread condemnation of the move.
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