UK Parliament / Open data

Digital Economy Bill

My Lords, I support the amendment. There is a huge amount of power in the hands of search engines regarding the way they influence how people think. This could be used as a form of propaganda, as we have seen with the recent rows about fake news. From the point of view of protecting Britain, there could even be some security implications because of the way they could affect how people think. So it is quite a sensible power to have, just in case.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
778 c1726 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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