Online post offended you? There’s a reason why Ofcom probably won’t take it down
Ofcom has pledged to protect free speech online, as it says it will not “censor” content even if it is offensive or harmful. Setting out its plans for the first time for policing new online safety laws, the watchdog said it would not dictate to social media firms what they should or should not host on their sites - even if the material was “harmful”, provided it was legal. Senior Tory MPs have, however, expressed concern over Ofcom’s remit to police laws on legal but harmful content, which they fear could have a “chilling” effect on freedom of speech as “woke” social media firms remove material they believe is offensive. “If they still want to host that risky content, then as long as they've been clear in their terms of service and they apply those terms consistently, then Ofcom has no role.” Firms cannot 'completely eliminate hate speech' He said there was no remit in the Bill to prevent offensive comments, but said the line was harder to draw on hate speech between “discriminatory” and “abusive” comments and “strong political rhetoric”.
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