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Podcast: Law Pod UK
Episode: Government Control over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption on the Online Safety Bill
Description: "Government control over the flow of information": Lord Sumption speaks out against the threat to freedom of speech posed by the Online Safety Bill.The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons. The Billās concept of ālegal but harmfulā user-generated content is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places, not least of all from former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. Lord Sumption joins Rosalind English in this episode to discuss the problems involved in defining this kind of harm and the concepts of āmisinformation and disinformationā in the Bill.Law Pod...