Drop Clause 17 from the Digital Economy Bill
eBay, Facebook, Google and Yahoo have all signed a letter to Peter Mandelson urging him to drop Clause 17 from the Digital Economy Bill
Sam Knows – Web big hitters want Clause 17 of Digital Economy Bill struck out
This power could be used, for example, to introduce additional technical measures or increase monitoring of user data even where no illegal practice has taken place. This would discourage innovation, impose unnecessary costs, potentially unsettling the careful balance of responsibilities for enabling market change which Lord Carter outlined in the Digital Britain report.
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