Conservative MP Won’t Support Adding ‘Health Misinformation’ to the Online Safety Bill

He says he agrees 'with the intention behind the amendment.'

The government said the Online Safety Bill includes a number of new criminal offences to force social media firms to act on illegal content more quickly. Dominic Lipinski/PA

British politicians on the Committee debating the UK government’s proposed Online Safety Bill tried to add an amendment to include “health-related misinformation and disinformation” as a recognised form of lawful but “harmful” speech.

On June 14, Conservative Minister Chris Philp said that the government would not support the amendment, though it agrees “with the intention behind the amendment.”