T he UK's OnlineSafety Bill, which isanticipated to come into law duringearly 2023, has been the subject ofsignificant debate. Requests for keychanges to the existing proposals,including pleas for greater simplicity,and clarity over the scope of the obligationsto curb 'harmful but legal' ...
The Online Safety Bill will impact a vast number of entities, from big tech companies to small indie platforms, with an estimated capture of 25,000 entities in the UK alone. However, Ofcom will be likely to prioritise the big tech platforms in its efforts to ensure compliance. To help wit...
Here's what you need to know about theOnline Safety Bill. What does the Online Safety Bill aim to do? The government never shies away from an opportunity to present the UK as a global leader, and has said the bill will make this country "the safest place in ...
Despite the idea first emerging in 2019, the draft proposals for the Online Safety Bill did not make an appearance until May 2021, with ministers blaming delays on COVID-19. However, when the measures did surface, they promised to help keep children safe and tackle online abuse. More on On...
Myth number three: "The Online Safety Bill creates a safe back door for law enforcement to access encrypted communications" But research shows there is no feasible back door to end-to-end encryption that can’t also be used by malicious actors. Despite having access to the world’s leading ...
Six years since the Online Safety Bill emerged by way of a Green Paper commitment to internet safety, after intense parliamentary scrutiny, the Online Safet
Two years ago Carnegie UKproposedthat an Online Harms Reduction Bill could be legislated in twenty clauses. Faced with the 194 clauses and 14 Schedules of the Online Safety Bill, one is half-tempted to hanker after something equally minimal. ...
Digital regulation in Europe will pick up pace in 2022 but, with Brexit leading to parallel but contrasting key proposals in the form of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and the UK’s Online Safety Bill (OSB), it can be difficult to keep track of where they are...
Introduced to the House of Commons in March 2022, aftermore than five years of delays,the Online Safety Billseeks to “increase user safety online” and “preserve and enhance freedom of speech online,” according to the legislation. The bill is also meant to improve law enforcement’s ability...
Two years on from the April 2019Online Harms White Paper, the government has published itsdraft Online Safety Bill. It is a hefty beast: 133 pages and 141 sections. It raises a slew of questions, not least around press and journalistic material and the newly-coined “content of democratic ...