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UK lawmaker threatens to use Online Safety Act to censor social media platforms

Labour MP Lola McEvoy defended the Online Safety Act’s censorious measures, including bans and fines for social media platforms which ‘don’t comply’ with the strict age verification law.

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Didi Rankovic

• Jan 20, 2025

UK Online Safety Act could force small websites to close down: here’s why

Small websites and non-profits are shutting down as the U.K.’s Online Safety Act is set to enforce strict regulations and heavy fines for lack of compliance. Critics have decried the censorship, online monitoring, and loss of encryption safeguards.

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Didi Rankovic

• Dec 20, 2024

UK lawmakers to summon Elon Musk in investigation into social media ‘misinformation’

UK parliamentarians are set to summon Elon Musk in a crackdown on supposed ‘disinformation’ promulgated on his X platform. Musk has been a vocal critic of the UK government’s censorious Online Safety Act.

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Cindy Harper

• Nov 29, 2024Dec 2, 2024

Australia withdraws ‘Misinformation and Disinformation Bill’ but threat to free speech remains

In the final analysis, the United States’ constraining of government regulation of private speech is the most clear and defensible position. Unfortunately, Australia does not have that.

Analysis

David James

• Nov 26, 2024

UK government renews push to enforce law cracking down on internet speech

Peter Kyle, the UK's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, has written to the country's media and telecommunications regulator Ofcom, asking it to implement what he said are 'key components' of the Online Safety Act.

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Didi Rankovic

• Oct 25, 2024Oct 25, 2024

UK’s draconian ‘online safety’ laws are turning traditional values into criminal ‘hate speech’

New U.K. surveillance measures could criminalize encrypted messaging and other private communications as part of a broader effort to suppress dissent against the liberal-global establishment.

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Frank Wright

• Aug 19, 2024Aug 20, 2024

Australia passes digital ID bill, raising fears of government surveillance without accountability

Critics argue the legislation, enacted under the guise of increased security, ramps up government surveillance and control, with no accountability mechanisms for public sector misuse.

Analysis

David James

• May 20, 2024May 21, 2024

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UK Online Safety Act could force small websites to close down: here’s why

Australia withdraws ‘Misinformation and Disinformation Bill’ but threat to free speech remains

UK government renews push to enforce law cracking down on internet speech

Australia passes digital ID bill, raising fears of government surveillance without accountability