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Hmm, what would it take for the major "Internet companies"(which are primarily American) to "cut the cord" to Britain rather than complying with this kind of outrageous overreach?

Genuinely curious.

EDIT: Also,

> The laws would also force technology companies to delete anything that a person posted when they were under 18.

sounds quite literally insane, censoring the speech of people just because they are minors?

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> > The laws would also force technology companies to delete anything that a person posted when they were under 18.

> sounds quite literally insane, censoring the speech of people just because they are minors?

No, how I understood it, it means that you can decide to have stuff deleted if you wrote it when you were a minor.

"We will give people new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data, including the ability to require major social media platforms to delete information held about them at the age of 18"

Doesn't this mean that it is a choice, not a requirement to censor?

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