The government has announced that the new Online Safety Bill has been put on hold until a new prime minister is in place in the autumn, a move which has won praise from free speech supporters. The planned legislation on online spaces has been increasingly criticised by top Tories for handing “unprecedented censorship powers” to…

A plan to thwart Twitter and Facebook from indiscriminately removing hiding articles when shared on social media platforms without proper recourse has been added to the Online Safety Bill, the government has announced. On Thursday, the government said the move would offer an extra layer of protection for online journalism. Under the amendment, the biggest…

Social media platforms will have to proactively look for and remove “disinformation” from foreign state actors under a proposed amendment to upcoming online safety laws. Foreign Interference will also be made a designated priority offence. In a statement on Tuesday, the government wrote that it will table an amendment to link the National Security Bill…