http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-in... https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/theresa-may-wants-to-regulate-the-inter... Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online. Particular focus has been drawn to the end of the manifesto, which makes clear that the Tories want to introduce huge changes the government intends to introduce huge restrictions on what people can post, share and publish online. The plans will allow Britain to become "the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet" It comes just soon after the Investigatory Powers Act came into law. That legislation allowed the government to force internet companies to keep records on their customers' browsing histories, as well as giving ministers the power to break apps like WhatsApp so that messages can be read. the government will work even harder to ensure there is no "safe space The new rules would include laws that make it harder than ever to access porn The government will be able to place restrictions on seeing adult content and any exceptions would have to be justified to ministers Tech companies would be forced to help, and pay a tax to support, controversial government schemes like its Prevent strategy to promote extremist government narratives. will also seek to regulate the kind of news that is posted online and how companies are paid for it. If internet companies refuse to comply there will be a strict and strong set of ways to punish them. "We will introduce a sanctions regime and anticipate and reject potential criticism