Britain’s Online Safety Bill could change the face of the internet
Tech firms will be incentivised to censor their users en masse
Britain’s government likes to trumpet the benefits of free speech. Announcing a bill designed to prevent stroppy students “no-platforming” speakers at universities, Boris Johnson told his millions of Twitter followers last year: “Freedom of speech is at the very core of our democracy.” The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill was included in the Queen’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda, earlier this month.
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Britain May 28th 2022
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- Rishi Sunak unveils a new plan to ease Britain’s cost-of-living squeeze
- Britain’s Online Safety Bill could change the face of the internet
- Gene-edited food is coming to Britain
- What John Lewis’s turnaround says about the British high street
- A new history curriculum will not cool the culture wars
- Britain celebrates a jubilee, again
- How the Conservatives became an opposition in government
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