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Simon Wright MP calls Twitter Joke Trial ‘ludicrous’

Rather unexpectedly, I found myself in a room at the Millennium Library in Norwich this evening with my friend Wayne Bolt (co-host of the Spiffing Review podcast) talking to Liberal Democrat MP Simon Wright about the Twitter Joke Trial and the Digital Economy Act. This came about after Wayne noticed that Read more…

By Simon Jones, 15 years ago

Politics

Section 44 and Digital Economy Act

I always thought Section 44 sounded like the emergency measure Emperor Palpatine invokes in Revenge of the Sith when he wipes out all the Jedi. Back in reality, it served a slightly less final purpose but similarly insidious. As part of the Terrorism Act (a nasty act in itself, running Read more…

By Simon Jones, 15 years ago