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It's not just the EU that the Internet is in danger of.

A Labour MP in the UK announced a bill that wants to curtail "closed" forums on social media [0].

Analysis on the topic [1].

That's absolutely ridiculous. Is she going to let us listen in on all her private phone calls? Read all her emails?

Please tell me this has no hope of passing...

It's a Ten-minute rule bill. Ten-minute rule bills have no hope of passing. You're welcome.

For the lazy folks who (initially) thought this was a 120x extension to the 5 second rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Minute_Rule

Whoever purposes such an irresponsible and evil law should also have no hope of a future in politics.

That's a really nice thought.