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The Government has inched closer to making tech giants accountable for the content on their platforms as plans for long-delayed online safety laws were set out in the Queen’s Speech on Tuesday. Under the draft Online Safety Bill, major regulation of the internet will be introduced for the first time, requiring social networks to tackle illegal content on their service and clearly set out in their terms what content is and is not acceptable. As previously announced, Ofcom will be made regulator, and given new powers to uphold and enforce the rules, including the ability to issue large fines ...

The Queen’s Speech to officially reopen Parliament said the Government will “lead the way in ensuring internet safety for all, especially for children, whilst harnessing the benefits of a free, open and secure internet”. As part of the plans, major platforms will be expected to set out clearly in their terms and conditions what legal content is unacceptable and enforce them consistently. The Yorkshire Evening Post Call It Out campaign. The Government also wants tech giants to ensure effective user reporting systems for harmful content are in place. Alison Trew, senior child safety onlin...

Boris Johnson today confirmed he is pressing ahead with plans to hold tech giants accountable for the content published on their platforms. A new Online Safety Bill has been included in the Queen's Speech which will place a duty of care on companies to 'improve the safety of their users online'.  Firms will be required to tackle illegal content and they will also have to set out in their terms and conditions what legal content they deem unacceptable. The Government has said the terms and conditions must be enforced 'consistently and transparently'.  Meanwhile, Ofcom will be handed the power...

Facebook's 'supreme court' struggles to set global free speech rules POLITICO 3 days ago By Mark Scott © Jeff Chiu/AP Photo Under Facebook’s rules, the Oversight Board’s decisions on specific posts under review and those similar to them are binding on the social network. Roughly two months since a group of outside experts started ruling on what people could post on Facebook, cracks in the so-called Oversight Board are already starting to show. Popular Searches So far, the independent body of human rights experts, free speech supporters and legal scholars that rules on...

Government comms ‘need overhaul’ after Covid-19 blunders and spin Fact-checking charity calls for inquiry and says civil service analysts should brief the press on complex issues Matt Hancock: accused of manipulating testing targets. Photo: PA 01 Feb 2021 Ministers need to take urgent action to improve government communications – as well as the accuracy and transparency of official data – after the first months of the coronavirus pandemic dented public confidence,  according to a new report. The past 12 months have seen scores of examples of ministers failing to back up claims with ...