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It’s taken a long time to get here but the Online Safety Bill is being strengthened to prevent encouragement of suicide. Tech companies need to champion social responsibility as well as freedoms. https://t.co/oXEpeGu1DH
— louis appleby (@ProfLAppleby) February 5, 2022
I have low confidence that this bill is going to work as intended. Abuse really needs to be defined, who is committing the act of “pile on” and who is liable??? ? https://t.co/AxPzhbAOD5 pic.twitter.com/NF4XQrRPG7
— Duncan (@DuncanHenry78) February 5, 2022
NEWS: Online Safety Bill strengthened
— DCMS (@DCMS) February 5, 2022
?New criminal offences added
?More accountability for social media companies
?Enabling @Ofcom to act more quickly@NadineDorries adds measures to make the UK a safer place to be online#SafeOnlinehttps://t.co/Vs9DlbptBa
Three years after they started working on it, DCMS has decided to move the goalposts on what the #OnlineSafetyBill will be about, based on the demands of *reads list* lobbyists and celebrities. https://t.co/SWX0KeISkK
— Heather Burns (@WebDevLaw) February 4, 2022
Looks like the UK wants to stamp out a wide variety of online speech here. Making it illegal to have content "promoting suicide" likely means that all sorts of resources to *help* people who are depressed will disappear from the internet to avoid risk https://t.co/ngTqypm7Qr
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) February 5, 2022
I welcome the announcement from @NadineDorries @DCMS that the Government will include additional offences on the face of the #OnlineSafetyBill following recommendations from @OnlineSafetyCom and the @Law_Commission. You can read my comments here https://t.co/ErEYMHnmUe
— Damian Collins (@DamianCollins) February 5, 2022
UK Online Safety Bill to be strengthened with more offences brought into scope
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 5, 2022
Revenge porn, hate crime, fraud, sale of illegal drugs/weapons, promotion or facilitation of suicide, people smuggling, sexual exploitation added to list of priority offences https://t.co/D8uTza9yaS
Important stuff here. More priority offences to be named on the face of the #OnlineSafetyBill, in addition to CSEA and terrorism content. Also Law Commission recommendations for three reformed communications offences to be taken forward in the Bill. https://t.co/7HlOaQrGsx
— Graham Smith (@cyberleagle) February 5, 2022
More from the government announcement. No hiding place for suspicious users. https://t.co/7HlOaQrGsx pic.twitter.com/Z0MUmSaxL9
— Graham Smith (@cyberleagle) February 5, 2022
Three years after they started working on it, DCMS has decided to move the goalposts on what the #OnlineSafetyBill will be about, based on the demands of *reads list* lobbyists and celebrities. https://t.co/SWX0KeISkK
— Heather Burns (@WebDevLaw) February 4, 2022
#OnlineSafetyBill news on a Saturday! Goodness me. Some thoughts, to go with my tea and toast...on why I think this renewed focus on illegality over harm threatens rather than protects freedom of speech online? https://t.co/QbLJ5xO0qF
— Ellen Judson (@ellenejudson) February 5, 2022
Three new offences added to #onlinesafety bill recommended by the @Law_Commission. https://t.co/Ocs8wDai2O
— Prof Julia Davidson OBE (@JuliaDavidson13) February 5, 2022
NEWS: Online Safety Bill strengthened
— DCMS (@DCMS) February 5, 2022
?New criminal offences added
?More accountability for social media companies
?Enabling @Ofcom to act more quickly@NadineDorries adds measures to make the UK a safer place to be online#SafeOnlinehttps://t.co/Vs9DlbptBa
latest info out on the #OnlineSafetyBill suggests that tech companies could monitor for illegal content by “banning illegal search terms”. What would those include? https://t.co/cdwEq2nuMl pic.twitter.com/zTvkJiYyAj
— rosie bradbury (@_RosieBradbury) February 5, 2022
“Our world leading bill will protect children from online abuse and harms, protecting the most vulnerable from accessing harmful content,”
— DCMS (@DCMS) February 5, 2022
Secretary of State @NadineDorries outlines plans to improve online safety. Find out more ?#SafeOnlinehttps://t.co/NcWsnMF9fl pic.twitter.com/BwW1xmHKbJ
Great news. Government has finally listened to us & added FRAUD as a priority offence to the Online Harms Bill.
— Mark Taber (@MarkTaber_FII) February 5, 2022
@MartinSLewis @WhichUK @PIMFA_UK @stephenctimms https://t.co/dbIRNnvcSv
The #OnlineSafetyBill should be instead called “The catch-all Bill! https://t.co/4qm82qVwHG
— Konstantinos Komaitis/Κωνσταντίνος Κωμαϊτης, PhD (@kkomaitis) February 5, 2022
Britain takes aim at online fraud, revenge porn with beefed-up rules for Big Tech https://t.co/3Bsigyzg2u
— CNBC (@CNBC) February 4, 2022