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> Starmer’s government

It seems worth pointing out (for any readers unaware) that the Online Safety Act, introduced by Conservative MP Michelle Donelan, was passed in September 2023 during Rishi Sunak's Conservative government.

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It was, and yet the current government can still choose to set internal enforcement priorities, issue memos on their current understanding of the law, suspend enforcement pending review, etc. They aren’t bound to helplessly apply terrible interpretations of the law in an aggressive manner. What’s more, they could make even a single statement that signals a lack of agreement with the law and a desire to modify or repeal it. Failure to do so is silent assent, and further evidence that New Labour is just the one-step-to-the-left wing of the Tories.

I don't disagree but things would've been same under any of the major parties that could possibly get elected under FPTP.

None of them have the political capital to really oppose it even if they did want to. Plus there is a media absolutely overflowing with hysteria around the topic (Brass Eye's Paedogeddon is just as relevant today.)

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