Criminalisation of Free Speech Online
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[edit] Decency Regulation
I found the following related material online:
Problems with Operation Ore[1]:
- The authorities cited incriminating data found on suspects' computers, but Campbell argued successfully in court that such data may have derived from pop-ups or other circumstances outside of users' control.
- Campbell points to 'systematic injustice' in Operation Ore, arguing that 'many people and their families...are the victims of a combination of technical naivety and fear, fed by a media circus'. He warns that 'the stage may be set for a twenty-first century witch-hunt'
An extract from a Government consultation on Extreme Pornography[2][3]:
- ...The Internet provides opportunities to communicate, learn and shop; and helps UK businesses to compete internationally. But the internet can also be misused...
This was criticised by Spiked for creating thoughtcrime[4].
[edit] Hate Speech Regulation
Spiked[5]:
- We know that the internet is host to a multitude of ideas: some good, some bad, and some that are simply unworthy of our attention. To assume that internet users are incapable of filtering these ideas for themselves shows a high level of disdain for all of us, as though we are all potentially violent criminals, who only need to view a website to make us act on our base instincts.
[edit] Libel Law and Defamation
[edit] Enforcement
Question: Will Data Retention cause excessive enforcement of speech laws?
[edit] In favour of criminalisation
Bill Thompson's counter-intuitive article[6] in favour of "political control" is worth a read.
- I believe that the time has come to speak out in favour of a regulated network; an Internet where each country can set its own rules for how its citizens, companies, courts and government work with and manage those parts of the network that fall within its jurisdiction; an Internet that reflects the diversity of the world's legal, moral and cultural choices [..] an Internet that is subject to political control instead of being [uncontrolled].
I can't endorse it, except as a clear expression of the opposing point of view.
