Last week Guido pointed out that internet regulator Ofcom had so far failed to create its promised “Advisory Committee on Disinformation and Misinformation” as required by the 2023 Online Safety Act. Six months after announcing the committee Ofcom has today finally put it together…
The panel, whose role is to “provide advice to Ofcom about specific areas of our work relevant to misinformation and disinformation” will meet on 16 May and is made up of five members on three-year terms:
The committee is chaired by Lord Allan and will provide advice as sought by Ofcom on the execution of internet regulation. Expect it to advise the regulator to go further and faster in locking down online freedoms…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”