A survey by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has found almost six out of 10 experts in the field believe the British government’s Online Safety Bill will have a detrimental impact on freedom of speech.
Last month, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned, the government put the legislation on hold until his successor will be appointed.
The BCS—which was founded in 1957 as the British Computer Society—said many IT experts had concerns about whether the Bill was workable and only 14 percent thought it was “fit for purpose.”
The Bill would impose a duty on social media platforms to protect users from harm and make them develop systems to remove harmful and illegal material, such as abuse by trolls, links to suicide websites, and child abuse images….