Regulation of online speech in the UK
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Jones, M. 2024. Regulation of online speech in the UK. University of the Pacific Law Review. 55 (2), pp. 261-276.
Type | Article |
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Title | Regulation of online speech in the UK |
Authors | Jones, M. |
Abstract | Online speech in the UK is already being chilled due to the provisions and/or operation of a variety of laws. In statutes dealing with defamation, terrorism, data protection, privacy, and more, ‘notice and take-down’ regimes and state mandated content moderation are to be found aplenty. This has reached such saturation that instead of thinking of speech as ‘free’ one could be forgiven to observe that the adjectives that more accurately describe the situation in the UK nowadays is ‘restricted’, ‘permitted’, ‘proscribed’ and ‘censored’. What you can say now very much depends on who you are, what you are saying, and where you are saying it. |
Keywords | Online Safety Act 2023; Defamation Act 2013; Defamation; Privacy law; Data Protection; Online Safety; Online Speech; Freedom of Speech |
Sustainable Development Goals | 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Publisher | University of the Pacific |
Journal | University of the Pacific Law Review |
ISSN | |
Electronic | 1520-9245 |
Publication dates | |
20 Feb 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | Oct 2023 |
Deposited | 15 Mar 2024 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | Scholarly Commons © 2024 |
Web address (URL) | https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uoplawreview/vol55/iss2/12/ |
Language | English |
https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/10y632
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