Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users
Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users
The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the p...
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Coming soon to EU, probably.
November 17, 2021
Thankfully outdated but keeps coming back to the parliament/commission every now and then. Someone should just kill it already, I mean it's pretty obvious it's in direct contradiction with Article 7 of the Fundamental Rights Charter of the EU
The article is old, yes, the first one from a search engine. If you have a source for saying it's not in the works anymore, I'd be glad to see it. Not saying you're wrong.
Just this month there was a statement from FiCom (finnish organization advancing IT businesses' interests) urging our government to not accept the bill, so to me it seems it's just under development.
Looks like Spain is still trying to revive this but so far it's a proposal to start a discussion on whether it should be introduced, so still far from actually becoming law. Like I said, keeps haunting us every now and then.