Anonymous
9/9/2025, 12:15:30 AM
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Music featuring suicide/self-harm lyrics could be banned in the UK
>Technology platforms are to be compelled by law to proactively find and stop content promoting self-harm to adults as well as children, in a bid to boost online safety.
>The change to strengthen the Online Safety Act will make clear to social media companies that it is not optional as to whether to take quick action on protecting users from “toxic material”, the new Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said.
>She said such content is so harmful that it can be “the difference between life and death”.
>The change – legally requiring tech firms to prevent such content from appearing in the first place, rather than simply reacting to it – is expected to come into effect this autumn and will mean that encouraging or assisting serious self-harm will be treated as a priority offence.
>The Molly Rose Foundation – set up by bereaved father Ian Russell after his 14-year-old daughter Molly took her own life, having viewed harmful content on social media – welcomed the strengthening of the Act.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ofcom-liz-kendall-samaritans-government-b2822293.html
If these laws are applied as broadly as they could be, then any music which features lyrics glorifying or romanticising suicide could become completely 100% illegal in the UK.
For instance, the catalogue of bands like Nine Inch Nails or Joy Division could be banned for the fact they have many lyrics which talked about killing yourself or harming yourself in a way that may be construed as encouraging those acts.
Why is nobody talking about how insane this is?
>The change to strengthen the Online Safety Act will make clear to social media companies that it is not optional as to whether to take quick action on protecting users from “toxic material”, the new Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said.
>She said such content is so harmful that it can be “the difference between life and death”.
>The change – legally requiring tech firms to prevent such content from appearing in the first place, rather than simply reacting to it – is expected to come into effect this autumn and will mean that encouraging or assisting serious self-harm will be treated as a priority offence.
>The Molly Rose Foundation – set up by bereaved father Ian Russell after his 14-year-old daughter Molly took her own life, having viewed harmful content on social media – welcomed the strengthening of the Act.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ofcom-liz-kendall-samaritans-government-b2822293.html
If these laws are applied as broadly as they could be, then any music which features lyrics glorifying or romanticising suicide could become completely 100% illegal in the UK.
For instance, the catalogue of bands like Nine Inch Nails or Joy Division could be banned for the fact they have many lyrics which talked about killing yourself or harming yourself in a way that may be construed as encouraging those acts.
Why is nobody talking about how insane this is?
