Post by Red Rackham on Jul 1, 2023 21:32:16 GMT
Ipso was designed to withstand the pressure of online mobs. It had, until now, made this clear: if a Clarkson joke offends you, or if you don’t like what the Daily Mail said about Angela Rayner or its ‘Legs-it’ cover with Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon, don’t waste your time complaining to Ipso. It only takes complaints from those referred to. It protects individuals, but doesn’t do the bidding of activists. This was an iron rule, repeated time and time again.
Clarkson’s joke about Meghan whipped up a Category-A Twitterstorm and 60 MPs expressed their outrage. Until now, their opinion did not count for anything. In Britain, politicians have no writ over the press. But now, that has changed...
It's an interesting article, not because it involves Clarkson who in my opinion is always entertaining, but because it gives yet another example of the slow death of freedom on speech in this country.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-clarkson-ruling-puts-ipso-in-violation-of-its-own-charter/
Clarkson’s joke about Meghan whipped up a Category-A Twitterstorm and 60 MPs expressed their outrage. Until now, their opinion did not count for anything. In Britain, politicians have no writ over the press. But now, that has changed...
It's an interesting article, not because it involves Clarkson who in my opinion is always entertaining, but because it gives yet another example of the slow death of freedom on speech in this country.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-clarkson-ruling-puts-ipso-in-violation-of-its-own-charter/
