This new law would outsource internet policing from the UK courts, police and Parliament to Silicon Valley tech companies. It would force them to delete posts that are totally legal under the law passed but could be considered “harmful.” Shockingly the new law doesn’t define what is and isn’t harmful and so tech companies will be pushed to over-censor to avoid massive fines. The bill has the right aims – to make it easier to deal with illegal images of child sexual abuse, terrorist material and content which incites racial hatred and violence. But worryingly the bill makes it even harder to bring these criminals to justice because it forces platforms to delete valuable evidence before the victims of targeted harassment or threats can report it to the police.