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The organisations will have to name | individuals who will be responsible | within those organisations - for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that - legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years imprisonment. . social media companies have been tight—lipped about the changes today, but, in the past, facebook has said that it welcomes more guidance from government about what it should and shouldnt do, and that it also wants to s...

And forums that encourage suicide. heres katie prescott. frankie was 15 when she took her own life in 2018. afterwards, her parents had her laptop forensically checked. and realised that, back earlier in the year, january, february, march of 2018, she had been accessing sites about self—harm, suicide. just appalling stuff. and we had no idea and the school had absolutely no idea. stories like these are behind plans to toughen up regulations online. tech companies will face fines of up to 10% o...

Route through that square, the leaflets that you see are going to be more and more related to each other. and that might be a good thing. it might be that you get shown a cat leaflet and you really like that cat leaflet. so then you get shown more cat leaflets. but it might also be a dangerous thing. what that means is that you have to have the determination to give the ranking model the same signals consistently over time that you are not in fact interested in that thing that you were intereste...

Including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. heres katie prescott. frankie was 15 when she took her own life in 2018. afterwards, her parents had her laptop forensically checked. and realised that, back earlier in the year, january, february, march of 2018, she had been accessing sites about self—harm, suicide. just appalling stuff. and we had no idea and the school had absolutely no idea. stories like these are behind plans to toughen up regulations online. tech compan...

The uk government wants tougher laws forcing global social media companies, to take down illegal content, without having to wait for users to report it. its an issue politicans across the world have been trying to deal with. last year g7 leaders agreed a set of internet safety principles to improve online safety. here in the uk the new legislation, would compel the removal of material under a wide range of categories, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. heres kat...

In its present form, the bill is not fit for purpose. its very focused on under 18s, which is crucial of course, we must protect our children. but we have to recognise that there are vulnerable adults. you dont stop having thoughts of suicide or self—harm just because you become 18 years old. its signed, joe nihill. "please do your best in closing that website for anyone else and look after my mum and my family." i miss my son. joe left a note, asking the police to shut down the website. his f...

Former employees of instagram have warned that the way the social media platform is designed can lead vulnerable users to see more and more potentially harmful content. they make the claims in a new documentary — called the instagram effect — which is on bbc three tonight. the programme features abby, who says she was encouraged to self—harm on instagram, as cristina criddle reports. end of year ten, year 11, i started really wanting to hurt myself and i would, but i think apart from that,...

Kirsty has lived with the constant ringing sound three years. i was stuck in a real stress cycle. ive got tinnitus, it is stressing me out, the stress made my tinnitus worse, so i am in this vicious cycle. that ijust couldnt break. it was affecting every area of my life. when i hit rock bottom, i have been quite open and honest about this, i actually said to my mum and i didnt want to be here any more, because you become so desperate. and you just think the only way to get away from it is to lea...

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...

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...