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Conservative lawmakers in the UK rounded off the week with a war of words over a proposed – and now delayed – internet content law.
Essentially, the government ran out of time to pass the law before the summer recess, which starts on July 21 and ends on September 5.on MondayWhat with other pressing matters to fit in before the summer break – such as wrangling over the future of Northern Ireland post-Brexit – the Online Safety Bill reading was shunted out of the way of those debates and into the latter part of the year.
"If I'm elected prime minister I will ensure the bill doesn’t over reach. We should not be legislating for hurt feelings," she added.By that, we think, she's referring to the consequences of the draft law as it stands – that social media companies will have to restrict content that's basically Culture secretary Nadine Dorries, who sponsored the internet bill and is backing Liz Truss for leader,
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