#onlinesafetybill
Content may vanish before it's posted if the #OnlineSafetyBill becomes law
What’s legal to say should be legal to type. A government regulator shouldn’t control your speech, online or off. Yet the new Online Safety Bill could lead to just that, or worse.
What will get censored is open to political interference and will be decided by context-blind algorithms. This will chill public debate.
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https://action.openrightsgroup.org/stop-state-censorship-online-speech
#UK readers may lose access to #Wikipedia amid #OnlineSafetyBill requirements | UK news | The Guardian
With the pretence of protecting children, the bill is another draconian step to totalitarianism.
The UK will treat online images of immigrants crossing the Channel as a criminal offense
On 17 January, the United Kingdom (UK) government announced that online platforms will have to proactively remove images of immigrants crossing the Channel in small boats under a new amendment to be tabled to the Online Safety Bill. The announcement, intended to bolster the UK’s hostile immigration policy, has been met with concern among the British public and charities working with people on the move.
#ToryFascistDictatorship #censorship #OnlineSafetyBill #immigrants #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #DemocracyNotAutocracy #ToriesOut
How well do you know the #UnitedKingdom Online Safety Bill?
Some strong parallels to how the Internet is censored in #Russia & #China. Welcome to the People's Republic of the United Kingdom.
Here's the frightening summary:
The Bill makes illegal online what is illegal offline.
Under the Bill's safety duty, before removing a user's post a platform will have to be satisfied to the criminal standard that it is illegal.
The Bill will repeal the S.127 Communications Act 2003 offences.
A platform may be required to adjudge whether a post causes spiritual injury.
A platform may be required to adjudge whether a post represents a contribution to a matter of public interest.
Platforms would be required to filter users’ posts.
The Bill regulates platforms, not users.
The Bill outlaws hurting people's feelings.
The Bill recriminalises blasphemy.
The Bill is all about Big Tech and large social media companies.
The Bill is all about algorithms that push and amplify user content.
The Secretary of State can instruct Ofcom to modify its Codes of Practice.
A platform will be required to remove content that is legal but 'harmful; to adults.
The Bill is about systems and processes, not content moderation.
Ofcom could ban social media quoting features.
The Bill will outlaw end to end encryption.
The press [millionaire/billionaires] are exempt.
https://www.cyberleagle.com/2022/11/test-your-knowledge-of-online-safety.html
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