If It’s Not Illegal, What Basis Can There Be For Fines?

They've not given up trying to stop the population from freely discussing things:

Social media business models endangered the public by incentivising the spread of dangerous misinformation after the 2024 Southport murders, MPs have concluded, adding that current online safety laws have “major holes”.“It’s clear that the Online Safety Act [OSA] just isn’t up to scratch,” said Chi Onwurah, the committee chair, after a seven-month inquiry. “The government needs to go further to tackle the pervasive spread of misinformation that causes harm but doesn’t cross the line into illegality. Social media companies are not just neutral platforms but actively curate what you see online, and they must be held accountable.”

Accountability is a good thing, but MPs seem to only regard it as such in other people. 

The committee called for fines of at least £18m if platforms do not set out how they will tackle significant harms that derive from content promoted by their recommendation systems even if it is not illegal.

I sincerely hope the big social media platforms treat this ridiculous overreach by these arrogant little pipsqueaks with the contempt it deserves. 

'We have been kept completely in the dark and treated like dirt on the bottom of the NHS's shoes.'

Ms Lindsay said: 'I thought that February 28, 2019, when Lewis was attacked, and the three months that followed before he died from his injuries, was the worst period of our lives. 'Little did I know however that that was just the beginning of our nightmare. As victims, we have been treated disgracefully. 

Haven't you read about any other cases, that this comes as a surprise to you, then? 

'We still do not know why the killer was released 10 days before he attacked Lewis, who made that decision and why, and who is going to be held accountable for it.'

Oh, we do! Nobody in the NHS. Just like all the other cases. 

'But as if all that were not bad enough, only six years on, we now get to live knowing that the killer is now allowed out at night-time and will surely be released permanently soon 

'What kind of a country is this that we live in where victims of killings are treated like this?'

We live in the sort of country where the people elected to serve the country and keep people safe aren't up to the job, sadly: 

The decision to release people on indefinite detention, such as Fleet, is made by the Ministry of Justice, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State Shabana Mahmood.

In fact they can't even control the people who nominally work to them: 

Sharon Daniel, Hywel Dda University Health Board's director of nursing, quality and patient experience, has said the board would not be making reports public.

Why not? What have they got to worry about?