'Legal but harmful' may have been formally removed from , but it has been outsourced to Ofcom enforcement of Big-Tech companies' terms & conditions. If they fail to enforce it - even removing legal content - they will be breaking the law.

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I also made a rather long speech in defence of proper user empowerment, rather than allowing Big Tech to filter out material under the weakest, most subjective headings of 'abuse, harm, and hate'...

youtu.be/C95l0k5ZWYA

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...This would mean that there will be a default setting that adults will have to turn on to access lawful speech. FGS, Big Brother paternalism is alive and well in The Lords.

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After that I asked a short, related question - yes I have every sympathy with those worried about adults who are vulnerable, but organising a law around adult access to material as though ALL adults are vulnerable is very dangerous for .

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Another quick question on the war of the toggles! If asked to choose between censorship in order to feel safe, and free speech with the prospect of some discomfort/hateful material, I know which side I'm on.

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Yesterday I spoke in defence of online anonymity. So many reasons why people might be anonymous - experimenting with sexuality before coming out, using social media for campaigning. The freedom to be anonymous is an important privacy right.
youtu.be/-8uJtPBtJpk

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Finally, my longest speech yet. Trying to insist that is not a secondary value, always trumped by safety. What is psychological harm? And how on earth can we defend democratic debate online if the virtual world is crawling with regulators?!
youtu.be/SdTs6I86K3M

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