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Originally Posted by Pierre
Who decides what's misinformation and what isn't?
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It will be Ofcom who ultimately decide, but I imagine (and hope) that they do it after consultation with the Government and expert advisors.
This part of the bill will need to be handled with tact & sensitivity. For example, there were a lot of people who
genuinely believed that covid was a conspiracy or that 5G masts were involved with it.
Some of these people were so convinced that medical staff were involved and actually killing people that they were going into hospitals shouting and insulting hard pressed staff.
Whilst I understand that people must be stopped from posting/sharing potentially harmful nonsense to influence others, imagine the accusations of censorship and possible civil disobedience that would have arisen if the Government had of made it an offence to post/share this material on the internet at the height of the pandemic.
We don't want a similar situation to Russia where people are punished for daring to suggest that Russia is at war with Ukraine.
I accept that this part of the bill may be problematic.
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Originally Posted by Paul
You mean the "government to control everything yo say and do on the internet" bill.
Its clear it has little to do with safety and everything to do with controlling and censoring your entire use of the net.
Big brother is watching you.
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That's rather unfair as there are lots of provisions to deal with paedophiles, scammers, trolls, protecting minors from accessing porn.etc.
Nothing will change for the vast majority of people who use the internet in a responsible manner.
Unless it's something serious, I imagine that people/companies will initially receive a warning to give them chance to change their behaviour. They won't immediately be thrown into prison or be fined to such an extent that they lose their house or something!