Source · Select Committees · Petitions Committee
Recommendation 3
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Acknowledged
Our predecessor Petitions Committee’s report concluded that self-regulation of social media had failed.
Conclusion
Our predecessor Petitions Committee’s report concluded that self-regulation of social media had failed. Despite the user safety tools and innovations platforms have introduced since then, these companies have continued to place insufficient priority on user safety to protect users from abusive and hateful behaviour on their platforms, or ensure users are able to effectively raise their concerns when subjected to this behaviour. We support the Government’s intention to end social media self- regulation and introduce a statutory regulatory framework. (Paragraph 32) The Online Safety Bill
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the Committee's work and agrees on the devastating impact of online abuse, reaffirming its intention for the Online Safety Bill to end social media self-regulation and introduce accountability for the tech sector.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 28 March 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗