The British government has had enough of online pornography. It’s had enough of fraud and trolls. It’s had enough of social media posts that try to promote suicide or eating disorders. In an effort to turn the country into the “safest place in the world to be online,” the government is doggedly pushing the so-called Online Safety Bill through parliament.
But tech companies ranging from Wikipedia to Signal say the bill goes way too far and that instead of making the internet safer, it will actually crush free expression. One of the loudest voices
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