The report reveals that internet censorship occurs in varying degrees of extremity ... reducing public exposure to illegal and false information. The UK’s proposed online safety bill has featured in ...

We’ve previously reported from the UK about the Online Safety Bill, a piece of internet safety legislation that contains several concerning provisions relating to online privacy and encryption.

Tech platforms operating in the UK can now be sanctioned for failing to ... stifle innovation and strengthen online censorship. "Implementation of the Online Safety Act faces hurdles in cost and ...

UK's Online Safety ... executives even jailed if UK online safety regulator Ofcom determines there has been a particularly egregious violation. Critics call it a censorship bill, listing over ...

The UK government’s Online Safety Bill has been a hot ... from a mental health perspective the online safety bill is not about censorship. Content moderation (and pre-moderation) is a matter ...

and fears about censorship. Indeed, some lawyers have urged the government to start again from scratch. "The Online Safety Bill is a mess and needs a total rewrite. As it stands, it offers the ...

members of the House of Lords will scrutinise more than 300 amendments and recommendations made fellow Lords to the Online Safety Bill (OSB). Among these amendments are measures to reduce the ...

The Online Safety Bill now before parliament was first proposed ... indicated that they may stop offering their services in the UK. WhatsApp and other encrypted message service providers are ...

The Online Safety Bill returns to parliament this week and is set to include a new criminal offence of coercive or controlling behaviour, as well as strengthening laws shielding children from ...

Lord Sumption, the former head of the UK Supreme Court, has lashed out after it was revealed the US State Department had ...