Yes, the Online Safety Bill is the most Conservative law yet. Here’s why.
The output of a system is its function.
All posts tagged: Online Safety Bill
Content about a thing is not enticement to do it.
The UK is not going to make itself "the safest place in the world to be online" by censoring encyclopaedias. CW: self-harm / suicidal ideation.
The UK’s Online Safety Bill is a “hostage-taking” law. That should terrify you.
Here's how the UK is building a "world-leading" framework of brute force content moderation through arrests and show trials.
Internet regulation debates need rules of engagement. Here’s a start.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's more than one company on the internet.
The greatest lesson the Conservatives learned from tech
Here's why the UK's politicians are leaning in so heavily to blaming the internet for last week's murder of one of their own.
World-leading internet diplomacy, or perhaps not
The enemy of my enemy is neither my friend nor a regulatory role model.
A natter on regulations, freedom of expression, and open source software
My friend Morten Rand-Hendriksen and I chatted about legislative threats to freedom of expression, and their potential impacts on open source software communities and projects.
Recent media quotes and talks
Links to media quotes, articles, and talks I've given in the past year, mostly in a professional capacity for my previous employer, on the Online Safety Bill as well as on various post-Brexit UK privacy issues.
A thought experiment on subjectively harmful content moderation
Policymakers are laying the scaffolding for regulation which will censor your ability to say what's on your mind. What better way for them to show their commitment than volunteering to go first?
Your cut-and-keep guide to the “unregulated wild west internet”
The next time a policymaker tells you that the internet is an "unregulated wild west", point them here to take the shine off their sheriff star.
Techdirt Podcast: Intermediary liability law is not a social safety net
I went on the Techdirt podcast to discuss the recent push, by governments and media alike, to scapegoat intermediary liability law where social safety nets have failed.
Facebook Derangement Syndrome
A status update from the front lines of tech policy.