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Joy Hyvarinen: The internet shouldn’t become a place just for pre-approved opinions
Under pressure to be seen to be doing something, the UK government has rushed out the proposals in the online harms white paper without thinking through the consequences.
19 Jun 19
By Joy Hyvarinen
Joy Hyvarinen is head of advocacy at Index on Censorship.
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