>The new legislation will introduce a complaints mechanism, so that if somebody thinks they are being defamed, bullied or attacked on social media, they will be

>The new legislation will introduce a complaints mechanism, so that if somebody thinks they are being defamed, bullied or attacked on social media, they will be able to require the platform to take the material down. This is absolutely ridiculous on so many levels. The "standard" here is that if someone thinks they are being defamed, bullied or attacked?! What that simply means that in practice anyone can get anything they don't like erased off of the internet. This law isn't just an attack on free speech, its the complete obliteration of free speech and open discourse all together.