Open Rights Group

The newly passed Online Safety Bill poses "a huge threat to freedom of expression with tech companies expected to decide what is and isn't legal, and then censor content before it's even been published".

🗣️ @JamesBaker, ORG Campaigns Manager.

#OnlineSafetyBill #freedomofexpression #freespeech #ukpolitics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66854618

Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed

The law aims to force firms to remove illegal content and protect children from some legal but harmful material.

BBC News
Sep 20, 2023 at 9:30amWeb
Show threadOpen Rights GroupSep 20, 2023

We're about to see prior restraint imposed across social media for UK users: a particularly draconian form of censorship that bans content before publication.

A court doesn't judge content to be illegal, that's up to tech companies. Or, the algorithms those companies will use to identify such content, leading to over-moderation.

Find out more.

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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/small-boats-and-silent-protest-prior-restraint-in-the-online-safety-bill/

Small Boats and Silent Protest: Prior Restraint in the Online Safety Bill

Under new rules created by the Online Safety Bill, all illegal content must be removed from social media platforms.

Open Rights Group
Show threadRevK Sep 20, 2023
@openrightsgroup still want to know if my personal mastodon server is in scope as it has one of my kids in it so is not just me. Anyone know, and if so, what are my obligations?