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Tackling Online Abuse

Status: Closed Opened: 14 May 2020 Closed: 28 Mar 2022 22 recommendations 7 conclusions 1 report

The Petitions Committee has launched an inquiry into tackling online abuse, to consider issues raised in a number of petitions from the last Parliament and to follow up on the Committee’s previous inquiry into online abuse and the experiences of disabled people. The inquiry will resume in the wake of the Government's publication of its …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - Tackling online abuse HC 766 1 Feb 2022 29 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
5 Recommendation Second Report - Tackling online abuse Accepted in Part

The Government’s online safety proposals do not go far enough in acknowledging and seeking to...

The Government’s online safety proposals do not go far enough in acknowledging and seeking to tackle the heightened levels of abuse faced by some communities online. While the requirement for Ofcom to consult with civil society groups in Tackling Online Abuse 47 developing elements of the regulatory framework such as …

Government response. The government agrees that companies should consider risks to different user groups and has amended the Bill's risk assessment provisions. Companies will now be required to consider the risk of harm to individuals with certain characteristics or group memberships, including …

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
1 Dec 2021 Chris Philp MP · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Orla MacRae · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport View ↗
23 Nov 2021 Dr Nicholas Hoggard · Law Commission, Katy Minshall · Twitter, Professor Penney Lewis · The Law Commission, Rebecca Stimson · Meta, Theo Bertram · TikTok View ↗
16 Nov 2021 Andy Burrows · NSPCC, Dr Bertie Vidgen · The Alan Turing Institute, Ellen Judson · Demos, Seyi Akiwowo · Glitch, Stephen Kinsella OBE · Clean up the Internet, William Perrin OBE · Carnegie Trust UK View ↗
2 Nov 2021 Chara Bakalis · Oxford Brookes University, Danny Stone MBE · Antisemitism Policy Trust, Dr Joe Mulhall · HOPE not hate, Matthew Harrison · The Royal Mencap Society, Nancy Kelley · Stonewall, Ruth Smeeth · Index on Censorship View ↗
2 Jul 2020 Amy Price, Katie Price View ↗