Welcome to the Online Regulation Analogy Collection: speech as everything that it isn't (and certainly not as the freedom that underpins all other freedoms).

— Graham Smith ? (@Cyberleagle) May 3, 2021

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Welcome to the Online Regulation Analogy Collection: speech as everything that it isn’t (and certainly not as the freedom that underpins all other freedoms).

Prompted by the ever-lengthening list of analogies invoked to justify why a discretionary regulator should take control of what we say online. #OnlineHarms #OnlineSafetyBill

Speech is not a protruding nail waiting to trip you up. #DutyOfCare

Speech is not a suitcase full of cash. #ID #KYC #BankingRegulation

Speech is not a speeding lump of metal. #InternetDrivingLicence

Speech is not a chemical. #PollutedOnlineEnvironment

Speech is not salmonella #FoodSafety

Speech is not an unguarded power saw. #HealthAndSafety #FactoriesActs

Hitting the send button doesn’t propel me through a glass windscreen. #SeatBelts

What's more….

It’s my tweet. #ProductLiability #DutyOfCare

A campsite owner has no duty to supervise a camper’s cooking. #FoodSafety #DutyOfCare (Thanks to the Australian eSafety Commissioner for the food safety analogy https://www.zdnet.com/article/australias-esafety-and-the-uphill-battle-of-regulating-the-ever-changing-online-realm/)

A café owner has no duty to prevent customers misinforming each other. #OccupiersLiability #DutyOfCare

Online users are not guests on daytime TV. #BroadcastRegulation

Lastly, there is no tech magic wand: online or offline. #Fantasy

Originally tweeted by Graham Smith (@cyberleagle) on 2021/05/03.