Plan to make big tech companies remove ‘legal, but harmful’ content scrapped from government’s Online Safety Bill

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A plan to make big tech companies remove 'legal, but harmful' content has been scrapped from the Government's Online Safety Bill - to the dismay of campaigners who've described it as a hugely backward step. AmeliaAJenne reports.

A plan to make big tech companies remove ‘legal, but harmful’ content has been scrapped from the Government’s Online Safety Bill – to the dismay of campaigners who’ve described it as a hugely backward step.

Critics of the section had argued that it was a risk to free speech – while the Culture secretary insisted that people would have more control over what they viewed online – while children would still be protected.

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ameliaajenne The whole fricking thing is an infringement on personal freedom. The real people that should be held responsible for children viewing internet stuff are parents & temporary guardians, like teachers. IMHO no one under the age of 16 should have unsupervised net access or a phone.

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