It is difficult to argue that online comments can amount to criminal offences that threaten public order.
- Lecturer in Law, Keele University
It’s not just the likes of Gary Lineker who can get in trouble for tweeting.
Rather than preserving freedom of expression, the interpretation of ‘harm’ in the online safety bill could have the opposite effect.
We recently heard that ‘new’ criminal offences would be added to the UK’s online safety bill to help tackle the growing problem of online abuse.
Authorities are struggling to deal with the unimaginable scale of online abuse – and young people are suffering as a result.
Facebook has released the first batch of data about how many abusive or violent posts it has removed.
Social media sites should face tougher laws, but education is also key to tackling online abuse.
Faced with the prospect of constant online attack, why would anyone want to get into politics?
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