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And Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, could also lose some level of independence. Ofcom will issue regulatory codes to manage the OSA’s regulation. These codes are secondary legislation and therefore received very little parliamentary scrutiny. Toby Young, of the Free Speech Union, warns it’s a safe bet Starmer will give the Secretary of State the power to revise these codes, giving the any Government huge influence on online regulation of speech for individual users.
Oscar Gill-Lewis, The Express, 11th October 2024.
