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Recommendation 25
25
Deferred
Paragraph: 88
Establish technology company responsibility for proactively tackling online human trafficking with penalties.
Recommendation
Ofcom should set out in its codes of practice the responsibility of technology companies for proactively identifying and tackling human trafficking on their online platforms, with significant penalties imposed for non-compliance with their statutory duties.
Government Response Summary
The government's response discusses different legislative approaches to prostitution in Europe and the lack of evidence for their effectiveness, deflecting from the recommendation for Ofcom to set out tech companies' responsibilities for tackling human trafficking on online platforms.
Paragraph Reference:
88
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
27. The Government is aware of different legislative approaches to prostitution across Europe, including in Northern Ireland, where all buying of sex has been criminalised and selling decriminalised. We have yet to see unequivocal evidence that any one approach is better at tackling the harm and exploitation associated with prostitution.