THE ONLINE SAFETY BILL HAS BEEN PASSED IN THE UK SEPTEMBER 2023

The Online Safety Bill has passed its last parliamentary hurdle in the House of Lords, meaning it will finally become law after years of delay. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/rishi-sunak-insists-he-is-absolutely-not-slowing-down-climate-efforts/ar-AA1h2sj5

The flagship piece of legislation will force social media firms to remove illegal content and protect users, especially children, from material which is legal but harmful.

The idea was conceived in a white paper in 2019 but it has been a long and rocky road to turn it into law - with delays and controversies over issues such as freedom of speech and privacy.

Perhaps most controversially, one of the proposals would force platforms like WhatsApp and Signal to undermine messaging encryption so private chats will no longer be private... They can see everything anyway but now they can use it against you legally... The bill is about protecting the AGENDA as to many people are waking up "misinformation is anything they havent said" so freedom of speech now has a bill attached to it... THE TRAINS MOVING - LEARN WHAT YOU CAN New plans to bring online TV channels under Ofcom content rules

More online TV channels could be required to follow Ofcom content rules to ensure young and vulnerable audiences are protected from harmful programming, under plans announced by the Culture Secretary at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention this afternoon.

These channels are not currently required to meet the same world-leading standards expected of traditional broadcasters. While some channels follow rules on inappropriate or harmful material voluntarily set by the companies who run them, UK viewers cannot complain to Ofcom if they are concerned by a programme, and Ofcom has no powers to issue fines or other sanctions if a channel broadcasts harmful material.

That’s why, as part of the Culture Secretary’s mission to modernise broadcasting rules for the digital age, a consultation has been launched on proposals to bring unregulated TV channels into scope of Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-bring-online-tv-channels-under-ofcom-content-rules