{"id":1489,"date":"2021-05-14T07:56:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T05:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/14\/the-online-safety-bill-will-show-just-how-blurred-the-boundaries-of-free-speech-are-gaby-hinsliff\/"},"modified":"2021-05-14T07:56:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T05:56:53","slug":"the-online-safety-bill-will-show-just-how-blurred-the-boundaries-of-free-speech-are-gaby-hinsliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/14\/the-online-safety-bill-will-show-just-how-blurred-the-boundaries-of-free-speech-are-gaby-hinsliff\/","title":{"rendered":"The online safety bill will show just how blurred the boundaries of free speech are | Gaby Hinsliff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ofcom and big tech will be told to do more, but do we want them to decide who\u2019s allowed to say what<\/p>\n

Consequences matter. If there was one clear message from football\u2019s temporary boycott<\/a> of social media earlier this month, in protest at the torrent of online hate experienced disproportionately by black players, that was it.<\/p>\n

The former England striker Ian Wright has said<\/a> that he\u2019d almost given up reporting the vile stuff he receives daily because nothing ever seemed to happen to the perpetrators. \u201cIt makes you feel very dehumanised. You feel like there\u2019s nothing you can do, you\u2019re helpless,\u201d he said. So two cheers, at least, for the inclusion in this week\u2019s Queen\u2019s speech<\/a> of a long-delayed online safety bill<\/a> aimed at holding big tech more accountable. Who wouldn\u2019t agree with the culture secretary Oliver Dowden\u2019s desire to rid social media of what he called<\/a> \u201cthe bile and the threats\u201d?<\/p>\n

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\nOfcom and big tech will be told to do more, but do we want them to decide who\u2019s allowed to say what
\nConsequences matter. If there was one clear message from football\u2019s temporary boycott of social media earlier this month, in protest at the torrent of online hate experienced disproportionately by black players, that was it.
\nThe former England striker Ian Wright has said that he\u2019d almost given up reporting the vile stuff he receives daily because nothing ever seemed to happen to the perpetrators. \u201cIt makes you feel very dehumanised. You feel like there\u2019s nothing you can do, you\u2019re helpless,\u201d he said. So two cheers, at least, for the inclusion in this week\u2019s Queen\u2019s speech of a long-delayed online safety bill aimed at holding big tech more accountable. Who wouldn\u2019t agree with the culture secretary Oliver Dowden\u2019s desire to rid social media of what he called \u201cthe bile and the threats\u201d? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ofcom and big tech will be told to do more, but do we want them to decide who\u2019s allowed to say what Consequences matter. If there was one clear message from football\u2019s temporary boycott of social media earlier this month, in protest at the torrent of online hate experienced disproportionately by black players, that was …<\/p>\n

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