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Legal basis of UK Online Safety Bill questioned again over prior restraint clause

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Martin Cloake

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Scene set for legal challenges as concern over level of surveillance grows.

Legal opinion from Matrix Chambers on the communication screening provisions contained within the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill suggests that some clauses constitute prior restraint and unlawfully interfere with freedom of expression.

The legal opinion, drafted by Dan Squires KC and Emma Foubister for the Open Rights Group,

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