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"For years now we’ve written about the problems of the UK’s latest (in a long
line) of attempts to “Disneyfy” the internet with its Online Safety Bill. While
the bill had faced some hurdles along the way, made worse by the ever-rotating
Prime Minister position last year, there was talk last week that some more
hardline conservatives wanted to jack up the criminal penalties in the bill for
social media sites that don’t magically protect the children. And, while new
Prime Minister Rishi Sinak had pushed back against this, in the end, he caved
in.
Michelle Donelan, the Culture Secretary, has accepted changes to the Online
Safety Bill that will make senior managers at tech firms criminally liable
for persistent breaches of their duty of care to children.
One of the worst aspects of the bill in earlier forms — possible punishment for
legal speech, if deemed harmful — remains out of the bill, but that’s little
comfort based on these new criminal additions."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
