‘Path to censorship’: Elon Musk slams UK’s ‘heavy-handed’ online safety act

Institute of Public Affairs Research Fellow Mia Schlicht discusses Elon Musk slamming the UK’s online safety act. “I have to agree with Elon Musk that this is a heavy-handed approach and it’s an approach to censorship,” Ms Schlicht told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “There’s no doubt that the political class has motivations to censor what they see online because what’s happening is the mainstream population is waking up to the fact that our traditional mainstream media outlets are full of bias. “They are turning to online platforms like social media in some attempt to engage in a different kind of discourse. “It’s a path to censorship.”