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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 … Show more

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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
1 Conclusion Second Report - Tackling online abuse Not Addressed

Online abuse can have a devastating impact on those who are exposed to it, and...

Online abuse can have a devastating impact on those who are exposed to it, and we are alarmed at evidence suggesting the problem has worsened since the covid-19 pandemic began. While tackling this issue is important in making the online environment safer for everyone, it must be recognised that online … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government acknowledges the devastating impact of online abuse and describes how the Online Safety Bill will ensure illegal abuse is handled and children are protected, but it does not specifically address the recommendation to assess and track the scale of this behaviour more precisely.
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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 ↗

Who gave evidence

21 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Amy Price — 1
Andy Burrows · Head of Child Safety Online Policy NSPCC 1
Chara Bakalis · Principal Lecturer Oxford Brookes University 1
Chris Philp MP · Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1
Danny Stone MBE · Chief Executive Antisemitism Policy Trust 1
Dr Bertie Vidgen · Research Fellow The Alan Turing Institute 1
Dr Joe Mulhall · Head of Research HOPE not hate 1
Dr Nicholas Hoggard · Lawyer Law Commission 1
Ellen Judson · Senior Researcher Demos 1
Katie Price — 1
Katy Minshall · Head of UK Public Policy Twitter 1
Matthew Harrison · Public Affairs and Parliamentary Manager The Royal Mencap Society 1
Nancy Kelley · Chief Executive Stonewall 1
Orla MacRae · Deputy Director for Online Harms Regulation Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1
Professor Penney Lewis · Criminal Law Commissioner The Law Commission 1
Rebecca Stimson · UK Director of Public Policy Meta 1
Ruth Smeeth · Chief Executive Index on Censorship 1
Seyi Akiwowo · Founder and CEO Glitch 1
Stephen Kinsella OBE · Founder Clean up the Internet 1
Theo Bertram · Director of Government Relations and Public Polic… TikTok 1
William Perrin OBE · Trustee Carnegie Trust UK 1