For what it's worth, this is the first I've heard of it, as both a member of ORG's Advisory Council and a member of this email list 😕
Ar Iau, 2 Medi 2021 am 16:47 Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk ysgrifennodd:
ORG UK are objecting to the UK government's proposed Online Safety Bill; there's a petition [1] and they say:
"the appointment of a state speech regulator - appointed and directed by government - will create a sprawling bureaucracy of speech police. The Home Office and the DCMS will direct what speech must be removed, filtered and monitored... the Bill’s provisions to block websites, apps, or services which refuse to cooperate with the speech regulator’s orders could put household names like Wikipedia, Reddit and Tumblr in the crosshairs"
Does WMF have a position on this? Has there been any contact with ORG? [I've put the same question to WMUK, separately]
[1] https://action.openrightsgroup.org/stop-state-censorship-online-speech
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