Architect of the UK Online Safety Act Calls for Its Complete Repeal
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#2tl;dr author wants uk to be more like the usa. nadine dorris complaining in an opinion column somewhere is a convenient way for him to pivot to talking about his think tank’s white paper about wanting to make that happen.
Re: Architect of the UK Online Safety Act Calls for Its Complete Repeal
#3Ah, the good old "I never thought leopards would eat my face" after voting for the 'leopards eating people's faces party'...
Somehow I have zero hope the bill she is proposing as a replacement could be any better than the absolute horror that the OSA is though...
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#4This is RWNJ garbage dressed up in false "think tank" legitimacy.
Re: Architect of the UK Online Safety Act Calls for Its Complete Repeal
#5Ah, the good old "I never thought leopards would eat my face" after voting for the 'leopards eating people's faces party'... Somehow I have zero hope the bill she is proposing as a replacement could be any better than the absolute horror that the OSA is though...
Ditto, but also the so-called "Free Speech Bill" advocated by the publisher which explicitly attempts to import America-style free speech into the country as law. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be something Parliament is entertaining, at least not yet.
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#6Hmmmm:
> By harmonizing to U.S. free speech standards, the UK will make it considerably easier, as a political matter, enter into data sharing and cross-border cooperation agreements, like CLOUD Act agreements, with the United States.
Re: Architect of the UK Online Safety Act Calls for Its Complete Repeal
#7In the age of toxic empathy, "think about the children" is a very common tool for nefarious uses.
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#8"harmonize UK and US law on political speech"
I can't think of anything worse. This is just the extreme right wing pushing the Overton Window even further
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#9For people outside the UK: this person is not really credible. She is an incompetent moron that is desperate for any coverage, especially if it helps get attention for Reform, the party she defected to
(this is not defending the act, just to call her the architect of anything is probably too much)
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#10I'm not in favour of the online safety act, but the problem is she is incredibly stupid - nobody will listen to her.