For what it's worth, this is the first I've heard of it, as both a member of ORG's Advisory Council and a member of this email list 😕
Ar Iau, 2 Medi 2021 am 16:47 Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> ysgrifennodd: > ORG UK are objecting to the UK government's proposed Online Safety > Bill; there's a petition [1] and they say: > > "the appointment of a state speech regulator - appointed and directed > by government - will create a sprawling bureaucracy of speech police. > The Home Office and the DCMS will direct what speech must be removed, > filtered and monitored... the Bill’s provisions to block websites, > apps, or services which refuse to cooperate with the speech > regulator’s orders could put household names like Wikipedia, Reddit > and Tumblr in the crosshairs" > > Does WMF have a position on this? Has there been any contact with ORG? > [I've put the same question to WMUK, separately] > > [1] https://action.openrightsgroup.org/stop-state-censorship-online-speech > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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