"Blogs and other internet sites should be covered by a voluntary code of practice similar to that for newspapers in the UK, a conference has been told.
Press Complaints Commission director Tim Toulmin said he opposed government regulation of the internet, saying it should a place 'in which views bloom'.
But unless there was a voluntary code of conduct there would be no form of redress for people angered at content.
He spoke during a session on free speech at a London race conference."
Oh. Oh. Oh dear me.
/me giggles at the silly man who doesn't really understand.
2 comments:
Reminds me of the minister who wanted a law introduced to force people to put their postcode in their email address to "stop spam".
He's right! If only there was some way to respond to issues or 'comment' on provocative subject matter.
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