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Internet regulation is necessary but an overzealous Online Harms bill could harm our rights

January 24, 2020

Attempts to rein in the internet will take a step closer later this month when the UK government gives its official response to its Online Harms White Paper published in April 2019. The government's move - one of the first by the new Conservative administration - comes after it received over 2,000 responses from, amongst others, the voluntary sector, think tanks, and leading technology companies under the umbrella of the Internet Association. From EuroNews

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United Kingdom
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General or Non-Specified
Freedom of Expression