If this passes the UK could potentially be cut-off from the Fediverse.
Bill to require licencing to operate social media websites
https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/67647/documents/8738
https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/67647/documents/8738
If this passes the UK could potentially be cut-off from the Fediverse.
10 Comments
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 7d
wtf is this trash? I've only read Canadian bills but this looks like amateur work. Where are the definitions? How the hell are they supposed to regulate Social Media Websites without defining them or referencing the legislation that defines them?
smeg@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 7d
It's section 3:
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 7d
Its a members bill, its not expected to pass. Id love to know who put them up to it though
ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 7d
News Corp.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · -3 pts · 7d
Oh fuck off with this horseshit
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 7d
Man Brexit just keeps payin’ off
melvisntnormal@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 7d
This is a Private Members Bill.
Had this bill originated from the Commons, I would have been able to explain the basically-zero chance of this becoming law. However, PMBs are handled slightly differently by the Lords, so I don't want to spread misinformation about the process. See this article on the Lords website for more.
Regardless, absent government support, PMBs are the UK legislator's equivalent of parliamentary e-petitions: they rarely result in legislation being passed, and they compete with other initiatives for debate time.
In a nutshell, this bill will most likely die in the Lords.
Zombie@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 7d
Hmm... Which powerful Liberal Democrats could potentially have had an influence in this and has an interest in entrenched corporate social media?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg#Facebook
hexdream@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 7d
They just keep aiming at their feet and pulling that trigger.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 7d
When you give TV presenters a crumb of political power…