Submitted 22 hours ago by Quokka@quokk.au to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/67647/documents/8738
Bill to require licencing to operate social media websites
If this passes the UK could potentially be cut-off from the Fediverse.
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?
Its a members bill, its not expectes to pass. Id love to know who put them up to it though
News Corp.
It’s section 3:
For the purposes of this Act, a “social media platform” means a platform which—
(a) has the sole or significant purpose of enabling users to create, share, discover or consume user-generated content;
(b) enables users to discover, interact with or follow the content or accounts of users other than those with whom they communicate privately.
Oh fuck off with this horseshit
Man Brexit just keeps payin’ off
They just keep aiming at their feet and pulling that trigger.
When you give TV presenters a crumb of political power…
melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
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 13 hours ago
Hmm… Which powerful Liberal Democrats could potentially have had an influence in this and has an interest in entrenched corporate social media?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg#Facebook