Select Committee · Petitions Committee

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
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 …

Government response. 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 …

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 ↗