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posted by chromas on Friday May 25 2018, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the consequences-will-never-be-the-same dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

New laws will be introduced to tackle the internet's "wild west" that will make Britain the "safest place in the world" to be online, the culture secretary has said.

Social media companies have already taken some positive steps to protect users, but the performance of the industry overall has been mixed, according to Matt Hancock.

The government outlined proposals last year to impose an industry-wide levy on social media firms like Facebook and Twitter to fund measures to tackle online harm. It is understood the move will be subject to a further round of consultation with the sector and charities before any decision is made on pushing ahead.

A new code of practice to tackle bullying, intimidating or humiliating online content and a regular internet safety transparency report to keep tabs on online abuse could be included in new legislation.

Right, show of hands, who thinks we should move our servers to the UK and stop saying mean things to each other?

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/19/uk-government-plans-new-laws-tackle-internet-wild-west


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday May 25 2018, @08:34AM (8 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 25 2018, @08:34AM (#683929) Journal

    Direct democracies are a terrible idea when they allow the majority to violate fundamental rights such as freedom of speech.

    Heh, so we have come to this: online gambling run as a business is free speech. Accepting it requires quite some intellectual contortion, don't you think?
    What's next? Selling narcotics online is also free speech?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @09:46AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @09:46AM (#683945)

    Heh, so we have come to this: online gambling run as a business is free speech.

    I have no issue with this.

    Selling narcotics online is also free speech?

    The advertising portion, sure. And I think all drugs should be legal, so even the selling part does not bother me.

    I guess if you're an authoritarian, these things might bother you.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday May 25 2018, @10:01AM (6 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 25 2018, @10:01AM (#683949) Journal

      Yeah, sure, whatevs mate. I got it, money is speech and should flow unimpeded.

      Tell you what, though. I'll make sure to send you some dimethyl mercury as a free speech sample - it does cost some money but for you it will be free as in both speech and beer. Just drop your mailing address here.
      I hope you aren't going to contest my definition of free speech or to censor its intended expression, otherwise I might think of you as authoritarian.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @10:12AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @10:12AM (#683950)

        Here's a clue: by my swimming pool there is neither lever nor roll of paper.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @08:25PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @08:25PM (#684189)

        Yeah, sure, whatevs mate. I got it, money is speech and should flow unimpeded.

        Giving someone something is not necessarily speech. But advertising and running a website certainly are. I have no issues with online gambling if there is no fraud (i.e. they claim it's possible to win but it's not), even if the owner of the website is collecting real money. Why would I? Face it, you just picked bad examples.

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday May 25 2018, @11:40PM (3 children)

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 25 2018, @11:40PM (#684264) Journal

          It's not the advertising for online gambling the Swiss intend to tax, it's the online gambling itself.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 26 2018, @07:08AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 26 2018, @07:08AM (#684397)

            And how will they punish the websites that don't pay the tax? By attempting to stop all Swiss citizens - whether they agree with the censorship or not - from visiting the website. Therein lies the issue.

            The only saving grace here is that there will be countless ways to bypass any censorship.

            • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 26 2018, @10:28AM (1 child)

              by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 26 2018, @10:28AM (#684437) Journal

              By attempting to stop all Swiss citizens - whether they agree with the censorship or not - from visiting the website.

              Running an unlicensed brick-and-mortar casino is alright, but running an unlicensed casino online is censorship.
              Yeah, takes quite a twist of logic for this to make sense.

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              • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 26 2018, @10:31AM

                by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 26 2018, @10:31AM (#684439) Journal

                s/running/stoping

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