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by pjc50 3051 days ago
Whether it works or not has nothing to do with whether people will be forced to use it. Tech companies who fight it will get "ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" headlines against them in the Mail.
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On that subject, I'm surprised that we haven't seen a clash between journalists and the "tech elite" yet.

Sure, there's a lot of crap written about Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the like on printed media, but given how reliant UK broadcasters are on social media I'm surprised a negative reaction hasn't led to Twitter banning journalists, or Google de-listing a publication for hate-speech.

We've had a few rows around what counts as "abuse" and "citizen journalism" in Scotland, including but not limited to:

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/scottish-news-websites-twitter...