UK publishes its online safety legislation plans: tech companies will face fines of up to £18M or 10% of annual revenue if they fail to moderate illegal content
Long-awaited legislation will set out new duty-of-care requirements for online platforms
Financial Times
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@jimkillock
Jim Killock
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Bland, bureaucratic, dangers to free speech: • Ofcom will be the Internet Speech Regulator. • Speech that poses unspecified risks will be removed • Not mentioned here, but apparently private messages in scope, and message encryption under attack https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@jamesrbuk
James Ball
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There's a lot in here which seems like it's there to make these rules looks *really, really tough*. But also a lot left vague. Which does mean there's a risk that the rules could manage the rare double whammy of being both draconian and ineffective. https://www.theguardian.com/ .…