On the same day as the Queen's Speech on 27 May, a private members' Bill was introduced to Parliament that provides for wide-scale content filtering by network providers and device manufacturers. Whilst the headline objective is to remove 'adult' content from the Internet, the Bill opens the door to a much broader interpretation and in that regard, poses serious risks to freedom of expression. If adopted, the proposed regime would be implemented and overseen by private companies, outsourcing the government's duties to corporate actors. It may never get on the Statute, but it does signal attempts by lobbying communities to pressure the government.

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The European Commission announced today radical plans to overhaul copyright. The proposals focus on users'ability to legally access copyrighted content across borders, and they are understood to have upset the entertainment and music industries. This is not surprising since the changes will cut right through their copyright-supported distribution infrastructure.

The main plank for change will be the territoriality of copyright. Territoriality refers to the way that the entertainment industries are organised around national borders for the granting of rights and the distribution and sale of goods. On the Internet, this system is managed by asking intermediaries to block content that is not

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Widely leaked since before Xmas. The biggest open secret in Brussels. What are we to make of the new EU plans for the Internet, presented today as the Digital Single Market policy? An analysis exposes a few hidden issues.

Today the European Union announced a wide ranging plan to tackle the Internet. Top of its action list is a phenomenon that is becoming known as

Read more: EU plans wide-ranging digital policy shake-up - what's in it for users?