169: Government Control over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption on the Online Safety Bill
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What Is Uncontroversial About the Bill?
Lord Sumton says the bill imposes controls on categories of speech that are 'on any view harmful' The legislation in its current form seeks to control an additional category of so-called legal but harmful material, he adds. Lord Sumton: People should be seriously concerned about any statute which confers a discretionary power of censorship on public officials.
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