OnlineSafety
‘Shocking’ rise in number of children falling victim to sextortion, charity says
The Internet Watch Foundation has received more reports of it in the first half of 2023 than the whole of 2022.
Proposed amendment to Online Safety Bill to address misogynistic abuse online
Tory peer Baroness Morgan of Cotes said social media companies at the moment ‘are failing women and girls’.
A-level students still learning about floppy disks but not AI, Parliament told
Labour peer Lord Knight of Weymouth is chief education adviser at TES Global Ltd, a digital education company.
Online abuse survivors ‘ignored and overlooked by tech companies’ write to PM
The Online Safety Bill aims to tackle illegal and harmful content by imposing new legal requirements on big technology firms.
Apple and Google app stores ‘should have same legal duties as corner shops’
The tech giants are accused at Westminster of having behaving with ‘an air of exceptionalism’.
Women and girls ‘traumatised’ by social media, warns Georgia Harrison
The reality TV star joined a demonstration outside Parliament calling for specific protections to be included in the Online Safety Bill.
Bill ‘needs code of practice’ to prevent violence against women and girls online
The House of Lords is due to scrutinise the Online Safety Bill in its committee stage on Wednesday.
Tech firms warn Government plans could lead to ‘indiscriminate surveillance’
WhatsApp, Signal, Element and other messaging platforms called for ministers to abandon plans to demand access to encrypted services.
Encrypted messaging services sign open letter against Online Safety Bill
The tech companies argue the Bill could undermine end-to-end encryption – the most robust level of security.
PM became more aware of online risks ‘when daughter got her own phone’
Mr Sunak, who has two daughters – Krishna and Anoushka, said the law would mean being able to ‘regulate what children are exposed to’.