The powers were introduced by the Olympics Act of 2006, passed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, supposedly to preserve the monopoly of official advertisers on the London 2012 site.
This is an overreaction on part of certain people who assume that the powers will be over played to include anti-Olympic protests, when in fact it is an act to preserve the monopoly of official advertisers.
jake-the-peg
I can't imagine how though because surely you wouldn't just believe stuff from the mail without checking it!
Once again every opportunity to have a go at the Mail.
It would seem by the report there are plenty of people ready to believe it, do you really think they would get so excited just by a Mail report.
No, these are Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, Liberal Democrat spokesman, civil liberties groups and some anti-Olympic campaigners, taking the chance to voice their own particular agenda. The Mail just reported their reactions.