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Previously on the Telegraph:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/11/29/online-safety...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/25/watering-onl...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/social-media-gia...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/11/12/tory-women-w...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/online-safety-bill-home-s... (yes, the Telegraph gave a page to a government minister; remember how much they used to pay Johnson?)

Looks like they were in favour of it all the way up to this point, so long as they thought it would only censor things they didn't like.

Compare on HN front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33836666 in re TikTok

I'm no fan of the Telegraph, but all those links show is that it's willing to give comment space to people with different points of view.

(Or, to put it another way, the fact that they're willing to print a column by Fraser Nelson isn't a reason to suppose their home affairs editor isn't still in favour of the bill.)

Every single thing started by polititians to "protect children" end up the same way.

See the bit where it says "Author", the person who wrote the articles you linked to (Charles Hymas) is a different person to the person who wrote the article posted by OP (Fraser Nelson). Viewpoint diversity exists, just because two people write for the same newspaper they don't have to share the same views. If you're a Guardian reader that might be a new concept though

A bit snide. The guardian also carries opinion pieces from multiple viewpoints.

Yes, but you can twist it around: if even the bloody Torygraph is against this crap, how bad it must be...

Or more usually if the Telegraph is against it it is worth looking into.

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