Ofcom to get powers to stop woke social media firms being judge and jury
A new bill will see Ofcom reining in social media giants, with powers to levy multi-billion pound fines for breaches of duty of care laws
8 May 2021 • 8:00pm
Ofcom is to get powers to prevent woke social media firms being judge and jury by arbitrarily removing political commentary.
The new online harms watchdog will be able to intervene to get tech giants to reinstate content of “democratic importance” and to protect freedom of expression .
The move will be part of the Government’s new duty of care bill to be announced this week by Boris Johnson in the Queen’s Speech.
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Topless Jamie Redknapp accidentally crashes dad Harry s interview live on air
Harry Redknapp was discussing the controversial new European Super League with talkRADIO s Mark Dolan when his son Jamie was spotted wandering into another room in the background
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Harry Redknapp’s live interview was crashed by son Jamie strolling around in the background topless – with cameras capturing it all.
Topless Jamie Redknapp interrupts dad Harry s interview to use shower
Jamie Redknapp accidentally walked into the background of his dad Harry s interview while he was topless and off for a shower
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Jamie Redknapp was left red-faced when he walked into the background of an interview his dad was giving topless.
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Ever the professional, Harry smoothly continued discussing the recently announced football league, though he also appeared unaware of what had happened.
Taking the opportunity to share the laughs with their social media followers, the team at talkRADIO tweeted the video later that day.
Interview: Football veteran Harry, 74, made an appearance on talkRADIO from his home to share his views on the controversial new European Super League. Pictured with Mark Dolan
Captioning the seconds-long clip, they wrote: Was Mark Dolan s interview with Harry Redknapp almost interrupted by a topless Jamie Redknapp?
It comes as Boris Johnson threatened to drop a ‘legislative bomb’ immediately on Tuesday, to stop England s Big 6 football clubs joining the European Super League, even though they are already signed up to the £4.3billion competition until 2046.