Britain’s proposed online safety rules defy common sense
The British government says a bill working through Parliament will make the country “the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression”. In reality, the bill is a tangled mess born of political wrangling.
Its failings are a warning to other countries, including the United States, about how a wrongheaded approach to online regulation can spiral out of control.
Certainly, there are worthy goals in the bill’s efforts to make the online world less harmful. These include proposals for halting the spread of images of child abuse, preventing online hate from spilling out into real-world violence, stopping fraud and protecting consumer rights.… Seguir leyendo »