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> If elected, Theresa May will "take steps to protect the reliability and objectivity of information that is essential to our democracy" > The plans will allow
by awinter-py 9y ago
> If elected, Theresa May will "take steps to protect the reliability and objectivity of information that is essential to our democracy"
> The plans will allow Britain to become "the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet", the manifesto claims.
> The manifesto also proposes that internet companies will have to pay a levy, like the one currently paid by gambling firms. Just like with gambling, that money will be used to pay for advertising schemes to tell people about the dangers of the internet, in particular being used to "support awareness and preventative activity to counter internet harms", according to the manifesto.
- runeks 9y agoWhy regulate just the internet? It's just one way to transfer information. Surely, if we want to assure the "reliability and objectivity of information", we must also control publishers, including newspapers and independent journalists. After all, how can government be sure that only correct information spreads unless it has complete control over it?