**Lord, please save us from activists like @CCDHate who wish to equip state regulators with powers of arbitrary censorship**
The Center for Countering Digital Hate get [a buff in the Times today](https://archive.ph/xnMWs ) proposing that Ofcom be granted rather extraordinary powers for supposedly extraordinary times; as [Graham Smith puts it](https://twitter.com/Cyberleagle/status/1828698832797938171 ): *“It was for good reason that internet content was kept out of Ofcom’s jurisdiction in 2003”*
> Under proposals outlined by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and seen by The Times, the regulator would be able to apply to a judge to gain emergency powers in a moment of crisis that would temporarily allow it to demand immediate action by social media platforms.
> The CCDH said that this could also be achieved by amending the “special circumstances” directive in the Online Safety Act 2023. The provision allows the science, innovation and technology minister to give a direction to Ofcom if they have reasonable grounds for believing that there is a threat to national security or to the health and safety of the public.
> […]
> The CCDH proposed the amendments after an emergency meeting on August 16 to discuss the role of social media in the riots and conduct a rapid “lessons learnt” exercise. […] The meeting was attended by top officials from the Home Office, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Ofcom and the counterterrorism internet referral unit at the Metropolitan Police.
https://alecmuffett.com/article/110320
#CCDHate #censorship #ofcom #onlineSafetyAct
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