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While there is criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. katie prescott, bbc news. theres been a number of calls for mandatory age verification in order to to protect children online. lets speak to the executive director at age verification providers association, who represent organisations who provide age assurance services, iain corby. good to have you with us. do you think these proposals would do enough to protect childre...

Was glorified so i think online ham safety bill must not only introduced age verification and doesnt matter whether it is going to vet people trying to do their shopping or whatever. this is talking about human lives and nothing... you cant excuse any, anything that doesnt prevent that. what i was going to say was the word suicide wasnt in those last stories but it was quite clear that was what they were doing, so i think any check for contents needs to include material which glorify suicide or ...

And shouldnt do, and that it also wants to see the internet become a safer place, while not losing the economic and social benefits that it brings. other important industries... experts say the challenge will be putting it into practice. than 100 billion times a day. in 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day about self—harm and suicide alone. so, this is regulation not at a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while theres criticism about whether the plans go far ...

Dont go far enough. the problem with someone going on the internet is nobody knows how old you are. so if we want to offer better protection for children and preserve the freedom of adults, then we need to have a system in place that allows websites to know the age of their users so they can apply appropriate levels of protection. and while it is welcome to hear that the government has taken on board some of the recommendations of the committee of mps and lords who have been scrutinising the bil...

Sure that any limits and protection is effective? stage sure that any limits and protection is effective?— is effective? age verification is a resonse is effective? age verification is a response to _ is effective? age verification is a response to just _ is effective? age verification is a response to just that _ is effective? age verification is a response to just that problem i response to just that problem because we know very few parents will use any parental controls. even if theyre awar...

Speech can be extremely difficult. sanchia berg, bbc news. judy thomass daughter, frankie took her own life in 2018 after accessing inappropriate content, online. she told me what she wants from any new legislation. the online harms safety bill must not only introduce age verification — and it doesnt matter whether its going to affect people trying to do their shopping or whatever. ithink, you know, this is talking about human lives. and you cant excuse any, anything that doesnt prevent that. ...

In 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day about self—harm and suicide alone. so, this is regulation not at a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while theres criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. katie prescott, bbc news. theres been a number of calls for mandatory age verification in order to to protect children online. iain corby is the executive director at age verification providers as...

They can apply appropriate levels of protection. while its welcome to hear the government is taking on board some of the recommendations of the committee whove been scrutinising the bill, this isjust one of their recommendations and we hope the government will put age verification into the face of the bill so within primary legislation because they said today one of the reasons theyre putting these other offences into law is it will allow ofcom to enforce them more quickly. that rather implies i...

The changes in downing street will convince his conservative critics not to change its occupant. iain watson, bbc news. there are calls for the government to go further in its plans to strengthen laws protecting people from harmful and illegal content online. the 0nline safety bill would force social media firms to take down such material without waiting for it to be reported by users. but campaigners say mandatory age verification is also needed to protect children. heres katie prescott. franki...

Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora on Thursday said that the state government has decided to move Supreme Court seeking re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (that was published in 2019 August).