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Draft rules for what online platforms can and cannot host run the risk of executive overreach

Draft rules for what online platforms can and cannot host run the risk of executive overreach

Draft rules for what online platforms can and cannot host run the risk of executive overreach


A closer reading, however, suggests that government ‘advisories,’ ‘guidelines’ and ‘clarifications’ could effectively become binding. If so, the proposed framework in its current form may not only increase compliance costs for platforms, but also subtly move away from Parliament-led rule-making towards more immediate executive direction, with correspondingly fewer procedural safeguards.

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