UK Prime Minister Liz Truss confirms she wants to dilute the draft Online Safety Bill, focusing on protecting minors while making sure free speech is allowed (Financial Times)

Paul Sandle / Reuters:
The UK government says the updated Online Safety Bill won’t force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful”, following free speech complaints  —  Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful” from their platforms after campaigners …

Financial Times:
Sources: UK’s new PM Liz Truss is planning a last-ditch bid to persuade SoftBank to list Arm in London, pushing for talks after the Queen’s mourning period  —  UK prime minister to push for talks with Japanese owner of British tech company  —  Prime Minister Liz Truss and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng …

Chloe Chaplain / The i Paper:
Source: the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill’s controversial “legal but harmful” content rules, leaving them only for material targeted at children  —  EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer

Natasha Singer / New York Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law an online safety bill that puts limits on the data companies collect on minors; the law goes into effect in 2024  —  The bill could require many social media sites, games and other online services used by children to install protections for minors.

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk firing Vijaya Gadde is a loss for free speech as she was the most responsible for Twitter’s unmatched record defending “actual” free speech globally  —  Last night, Elon Musk closed his on-again, off-again, on-again deal to buy Twitter, and his very first order of business was to fire a bunch of top executives.

Reuters:
Twitter’s VP of trust and safety Ella Irwin says Twitter is heavily using automation to moderate speech, and favoring distribution restrictions to removal  —  Elon Musk’s Twitter is leaning heavily on automation to moderate content, doing away with certain manual reviews and favoring restrictions …