The new iteration goes further to protect free speech by stopping companies, such as Facebook-owner Meta and Twitter, removing content or suspending or banning users where there is no breach of their terms of service or the law.
If true this is the bigger story here. Illegal speech in the UK already encompassed a goodly chunk of anything "harmful" or likely to cause hurt feewings. Forcing platforms to actually follow their terms of service, however, is revolutionary. Even forcing platforms to disclose to each banned user what part of the ToS they violated and how would rock the digital landscape.
If true this is the bigger story here. Illegal speech in the UK already encompassed a goodly chunk of anything "harmful" or likely to cause hurt feewings. Forcing platforms to actually follow their terms of service, however, is revolutionary. Even forcing platforms to disclose to each banned user what part of the ToS they violated and how would rock the digital landscape.