New law will not require removal of 'legal but harmful' content, which critics said risked free speech.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has denied weakening legislation to protect users of big technology platforms.
And in July, nine senior Conservatives, including former ministers Lord Frost, David Davis and Steve Baker, who has since returned to the government,Nadine Dorries, saying provision could be used to clamp down on free speech by a future Labour government. "I urge the government to accept the amendments in my name to fix these technology notices so that they no longer pose a threat to encryption, which we all rely on to keep safe online," he said.Lucy Powell MP, Labour's Shadow Culture Secretary, criticised the decision to remove obligations over "legal but harmful" material.
Getting the bill this far has been a complex balancing act. Dropping the need to define what counts as "legal but harmful" content may have satisfied free speech advocates. Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter indicated tough rules were needed, it said. Twitter recently reinstated a number of banned accounts, including that of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, which had been suspended over antisemitic posts.
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