Source: spiked
by Paul Coleman
“Across the world, censorship is on the march. Almost every Western democracy, from Britain to Australia, has embraced legislation that, while couched in terms of protecting us from harm, restricts what people can see and say online. So perhaps it was only a matter of time before the mounting wave of global censorship reached the shores of the Caribbean. The government of Barbados’s proposed cybercrime bill, currently being debated in the Barbados Senate, is a case in point. If passed, this bill will criminalise online content that causes ‘annoyance’ or ‘emotional distress,’ among other farcical criteria, with penalties of seven years in prison and approximately £27,000 in fines. … legislators in Barbados are merely following a common playbook used by would-be censors around the world. Under the guise of combating subjectively defined concepts, such as ‘hate’ or ‘disinformation,’ they are trying to control what people can and can’t say.” (12/11/24)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/12/11/the-global-winds-of-censorship/