Monday wasn’t the best day for the government to launch Online Harms, its white paper on internet regulation. As Sajid Javid was proudly proclaiming...
If enacted, the online harms white paper on internet regulation would make China’s state censors proud, say representatives from six civil liberties...
Combine a legal duty of care with very large fines and personal criminal responsibility for senior managers, and you get a strong incentive for online platforms to remove lots of content.
The vast majority of senior local news journalists are concerned they do not have the resources to hold power to account in the way they once did, a...
On March 30, 2019, a Lebanese military court ruled that homosexuality is not a crimeand refused to prosecute four individuals accused of the...
“It’s very important that when you propose laws that will affect people on a very large scale, that it needs to be based on evidence and a thoughtful, careful approach because you can do a huge amount of damage,” Hyvarinen said.
“The government is under public pressure to be seen to be doing something about this problem,” Hyvarinen said.
Without access to the strands of information that bring people together a local community can feel increasingly disconnected. Read the full article.
New research has revealed the vast majority of local newspaper editors are worried their titles now no longer have the resources to hold power to...
Today, Silicon Valley is facing the backlash. Amid widespread concerns over fake news, influence campaigns, cybersecurity and the sharing of violent...
The UK is set to unveil new measures against the spread of harmful and violent content on the internet. The Online Harms white paper, set to be...
The UK government is taking a hard line when it comes to online safety, moving to establish what it says is the world's first independent regulator...
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