My view on blogs being regulated in 6 tweets
by Stephen Tall on March 21, 2013
So this blog regulation thing right… I am, for the record, opposed to state-backed regulation of free speech, whether of press or blogs>
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 21, 2013
>I can’t tho see the logical argument for exempting multi-author news blogs from press regulation: many r more influential than local press>
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 21, 2013
>Wishing regulation on others is a complacent “I’m All Right Jack” trait of some on the left (& Lib Dems)>
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 21, 2013
> I’m quite up for strict volunt self-regulation tho, with tough Editor’s Code to ratchet up quality of journalism but with major caveat>
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 21, 2013
> If the Daily Mail is able to sign up to it then the Code is clearly meaningless>
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 21, 2013
>PS: one amusing point about it all: Dr Eoin Clark is exempt from all this because he’s a lone blogger…
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 21, 2013