Offsite Article: French lawyers provide the best summary yet 15th June 2022. See article
from taylorwessing.com Offsite Article: Have we opened Pandora's box? 20th June 2022. See
article from tandfonline.com
Abstract In thinking about the developing online harms regime (in the UK and elsewhere1) it is forgivable to think only of how laws placing responsibility on social media platforms to prevent hate speech may benefit
society. Yet these laws could have insidious implications for free speech. By drawing on Germany's Network Enforcement Act I investigate whether the increased prospect of liability, and the fines that may result from breaching the duty of care in the
UK's Online Safety Act - once it is in force - could result in platforms censoring more speech, but not necessarily hate speech, and using the imposed responsibility as an excuse to censor speech that does not conform to their objectives. Thus, in
drafting a Bill to protect the public from hate speech we may unintentionally open Pandora's Box by giving platforms a statutory justification to take more control of the message. See full
article from tandfonline.com Offsite Article: The Online Safety
Act - An Act of Betrayal 5th July 2022. See article from ukcolumn.org by Iain Davis
The Online Safety Bill (OSB) has been presented to the public as an attempt to protect children from online grooming and abuse and to limit the reach of terrorist propaganda. This, however, does not seem to be its primary focus.
The real objective of the proposed Online Safety Act (OSA) appears to be narrative control.
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