Online safety law does not go far enough, says Brianna Ghey’s mother
11 months ago

Online safety law does not go far enough, says Brianna Ghey’s mother

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a round of television and radio interviews on Thursday, Ms Ghey said the Online Safety Act was a “step in the right direction” but she did not think it was sufficient to protect children. I think that big companies like that are all about how much money they can generate and they don’t necessarily think about the impact it is having on the public, so I think that maybe there would have to be a law just to make sure it is properly enforced Esther Ghey “The Online Safety Bill is not going to protect children and young people from seeing that kind of horrible content because I don’t think that will be deemed as harmful. “But I think that big companies like that are all about how much money they can generate and they don’t necessarily think about the impact it is having on the public, so I think that maybe there would have to be a law just to make sure it is properly enforced.” Asked on BBC Breakfast what her message to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would be, Ms Ghey said: “I think more needs to be done to protect children online. “I think the Online Safety Bill is a step in the right direction but I don’t necessarily think it’s going to be enough to protect children.” The legislation passed into law in November and requires social media companies to curb the spread of illegal content on their platforms and protect children from seeing potentially harmful material, with large fines among the potential penalties for those who breach the new rules.

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Jools’ Law: Mother battling social media firms for answers over son’s death urges MPs to act
2 days, 10 hours ago

Jools’ Law: Mother battling social media firms for answers over son’s death urges MPs to act

The Independent  

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Tech giants must obey UK’s online safety laws, says minister
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3 days, 22 hours ago

Tech giants must obey UK’s online safety laws, says minister

The Independent  

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UK going ‘backwards’ on online safety, Molly Russell’s father tells Starmer
4 days, 14 hours ago

UK going ‘backwards’ on online safety, Molly Russell’s father tells Starmer

The Independent  

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Australia’s social media ban won’t protect kids – it’ll put them more at risk
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Australia’s social media ban won’t protect kids – it’ll put them more at risk

The Independent  

It’s hard to know what to gift teenagers at Christmas. Beyond the ongoing debate over TikTok’s future in the US, Australia has recently made the decision to ban children under 16 from social media – a policy which the government will enforce via untested age verification technology. The AV technology to be used on social media platforms in Australia is …

Proposed California law would require warning labels on social media
1 month, 1 week ago

Proposed California law would require warning labels on social media

LA Times  

Victoria Hinks watched her daughter get sucked into the dark sides of social media, and she couldn’t pull her out. Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan in announcing proposed legislation that would require social media companies to warn California users their platforms could pose risks to the mental health and well-being of young people. In an op-ed published in the …

Parents urged to be vigilant about children’s online safety over Christmas
1 month, 1 week ago

Parents urged to be vigilant about children’s online safety over Christmas

The Independent  

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New, strengthened Online Safety Act needed to protect children, charity says
2 months, 3 weeks ago

New, strengthened Online Safety Act needed to protect children, charity says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Almost seven years after Molly’s death, we urgently need ministers …

Technology Secretary says firms must ‘bake’ safety at centre of new products
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Technology Secretary says firms must ‘bake’ safety at centre of new products

The Independent  

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Speed up laws to prevent children seeing harmful content online, Technology Secretary tells Ofcom
3 months ago

Speed up laws to prevent children seeing harmful content online, Technology Secretary tells Ofcom

The Telegraph  

New laws to protect children from harmful online content such as suicide, self-harm and pornography must be introduced faster, the Technology Secretary has told Ofcom. In a letter to the head of the online regulator, Peter Kyle said it was “incredibly important” to introduce measures in the Online Safety Act “as soon as possible” amid concerns that they will not …

Children ‘doom scrolling’ on phones for hours a day causing widespread harm – MP
3 months ago

Children ‘doom scrolling’ on phones for hours a day causing widespread harm – MP

The Independent  

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Children and young teenagers could be banned from using social media, minister says
4 months ago

Children and young teenagers could be banned from using social media, minister says

The Independent  

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Seven in 10 children exposed to harmful content online – research
4 months, 1 week ago

Seven in 10 children exposed to harmful content online – research

The Independent  

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What is the Online Safety Act? Law explained as Khan says bill ‘not fit for purpose’
5 months ago

What is the Online Safety Act? Law explained as Khan says bill ‘not fit for purpose’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Passed in October 2023, the Online Safety Act is designed to make the internet …

Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause. “It is past time to act.” The legislation is about allowing children, teens and parents “to …

US Senate passes bill to protect children from dangerous online content
5 months, 2 weeks ago

US Senate passes bill to protect children from dangerous online content

Al Jazeera  

The Bill was pushed by parents of children who died by suicide after online bullying or were harmed by online content. The United States Senate has overwhelmingly passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm …

Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades. On this issue, we desperately need to catch up.” The online safety bill, which the Senate will consider along with a separate bill to update …

What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act that just passed the Senate
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act that just passed the Senate

Associated Press  

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born. KOSA would create a “duty of care” — a legal term that requires companies to take reasonable steps to prevent harm — for online platforms minors will likely use. Even …

Campaign to protect children online
6 months ago

Campaign to protect children online

China Daily  

Campaign to protect children online China's top internet regulator has launched a two-month campaign to protect children online during the summer vacation, targeting e-commerce predators and inappropriate content. The crackdown follows a controversy last year that occurred when China Central Television exposed e-commerce platforms selling nude scale model toys to children age 7 to 14. A report on juvenile internet …

A law to protect kids online? It might just happen now.
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A law to protect kids online? It might just happen now.

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer seems to have overcome a major roadblock in his own party who’s holding up legislation designed to protect children from online harm. “The majority leader and I have exchanged new text that looks like an improvement to me,” Sen. Ron Wyden exclusively told Raw Story at the U.S. Capitol. While the new KOSA …

Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids
7 months, 1 week ago

Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids

The Hindu  

At what age should kids be on social media? For years, there has been a push among parents, educators and tech experts to wait to give children phones — and access to social media — until they are older, such as the “Wait Until 8th” pledge that has parents sign a pledge not to give their kids a smartphone until …

Meta, Google leading $1m lobbying efforts to oppose NY online safety for children bills
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta, Google leading $1m lobbying efforts to oppose NY online safety for children bills

Op India  

Tech behemoths like Meta and Google have spent about $1.5 million combating strategies in the United States aimed at protecting children online. The SAFE Act would prohibit social media platforms from using recommendation algorithms on children, requiring chronological feeds for persons aged 18 and less unless a parental agreement is obtained. A Meta spokeswoman stated that the tech giant would …

What are the new social media algorithm rules as Ofcom cracks down?
8 months, 1 week ago

What are the new social media algorithm rules as Ofcom cracks down?

The Independent  

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Online safety rules don’t go far enough, bereaved parents say
8 months, 1 week ago

Online safety rules don’t go far enough, bereaved parents say

The Independent  

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Quarter of children under seven own smartphones
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Quarter of children under seven own smartphones

The Independent  

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The race to make smartphones illegal for children under 16 – and why it matters
9 months ago

The race to make smartphones illegal for children under 16 – and why it matters

The Telegraph  

When Steve Jobs climbed onto a stage in San Francisco to unveil the first iPhone in 2007, he promised a revolution. Soon after, most children who had the pocket money, or willing parents, had ditched their “dumb” flip phones or “bricks” and picked up a smartphone – with the darkest recesses of the internet a few taps away, and widespread …

Esther Ghey: Brianna was addicted to social media – teenagers need to be protected from smartphones
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Esther Ghey: Brianna was addicted to social media – teenagers need to be protected from smartphones

The Independent  

The mother of murdered schoolgirl Brianna Ghey says social media use left her daughter addicted to her phone and vulnerable, as she called on the government to do more to protect children from online harm. The mother of murdered schoolgirl Brianna Ghey says social media use left her daughter addicted to her phone and vulnerable Making the case for stricter …

Six in 10 think social media has had negative effect on British children
11 months ago

Six in 10 think social media has had negative effect on British children

The Telegraph  

Six in 10 people think social media has had a negative impact on British children, a poll has found in the wake of the murder of Brianna Ghey. The survey published by Project Liberty found that adults in the UK are among the most worried about the impact of social media on children. It found that only adults in France …

Brianna Ghey’s mother says child online safety laws should be ‘more drastic’
11 months, 1 week ago

Brianna Ghey’s mother says child online safety laws should be ‘more drastic’

The Independent  

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Majority of boys aged 11-14 ‘exposed to online content that promotes misogyny’
11 months, 1 week ago

Majority of boys aged 11-14 ‘exposed to online content that promotes misogyny’

The Independent  

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Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids
11 months, 1 week ago

Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids

Associated Press  

Social media CEOs got grilled by Senate lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about the dangers their platforms pose to children — sexual predators, videos encouraging suicide and glorifying eating disorders, bullying and addictive features, just to name a few. To comply, social media companies have generally banned kids under 13 from signing up for their …

UK Government Considers Social Media Restrictions for Under-16s
1 year, 1 month ago

UK Government Considers Social Media Restrictions for Under-16s

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The UK government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is contemplating potential restrictions on social media access for teenagers below the age of 16 in a bid to safeguard them from online harm. Despite the implementation of the Online Safety Act, mandating social media platforms to shield minors from harmful content or face fines up to 10% of global …

UK’s new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies
1 year, 3 months ago

UK’s new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies

Associated Press  

LONDON — British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google, and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta. The new law requires social media platforms to take down illegal content, including child sexual abuse, hate speech and terrorism, revenge porn and posts promoting …

UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies
1 year, 3 months ago

UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies

The Independent  

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Britain tightens planned tech law to stop children viewing adult content
1 year, 6 months ago

Britain tightens planned tech law to stop children viewing adult content

The Hindu  

Britain said on Friday it had tightened protections in its Online Safety Bill that will prevent children from viewing pornography in an update to long-delayed legislation that is being closely watched by the tech industry. Britain, like the European Union and other countries, has been grappling over how to protect social media users, and in particular children, from harmful content …

Internet users encouraging self-harm to face five years in jail under new plans
1 year, 7 months ago

Internet users encouraging self-harm to face five years in jail under new plans

The Independent  

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Proposed amendment to Online Safety Bill to address misogynistic abuse online
1 year, 8 months ago

Proposed amendment to Online Safety Bill to address misogynistic abuse online

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A proposed amendment to the Online Safety Bill would require social media …

Women and girls ‘traumatised’ by social media, warns Georgia Harrison
1 year, 8 months ago

Women and girls ‘traumatised’ by social media, warns Georgia Harrison

The Independent  

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Senators talk about upping online safety for kids. This year they could do something
1 year, 11 months ago

Senators talk about upping online safety for kids. This year they could do something

NPR  

Senators talk about upping online safety for kids. This year they could do something Enlarge this image toggle caption Tom Brenner/Pool/Getty Images Tom Brenner/Pool/Getty Images Senators from both parties are once again taking aim at big tech companies, reigniting their efforts to protect children from "toxic content" online. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, they said they plan …

Online safety laws need tightening to protect children on streaming sites – MP
2 years ago

Online safety laws need tightening to protect children on streaming sites – MP

The Independent  

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Mother whose daughter killed herself backs calls for social media crackdown
2 years ago

Mother whose daughter killed herself backs calls for social media crackdown

The Independent  

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Myleene Klass and Jo Frost among celebrities backing Online Safety Bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Myleene Klass and Jo Frost among celebrities backing Online Safety Bill

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new internet safety laws would require tech companies to remove illegal material from …

Kate Winslet: Government should tackle impact of social media on young people
2 years, 1 month ago

Kate Winslet: Government should tackle impact of social media on young people

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kate Winslet said the Government should make social media companies enforce age limits …

How parents can help protect children from online ‘catfishing’ and other digital dangers
2 years, 1 month ago

How parents can help protect children from online ‘catfishing’ and other digital dangers

LA Times  

Police say a law enforcement officer from Virginia catfished a teenage girl online, came to her suburban Riverside neighborhood and killed three of her family members before leaving with her in his vehicle. “We need to be talking to our kids about safety and making safe and smart decisions online,” said Callahan Walsh, a child advocate with the National Center …

UK waters down online restrictions after free speech outcry
2 years, 1 month ago

UK waters down online restrictions after free speech outcry

The Hindu  

Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is "legal but harmful" from their platforms after campaigners and lawmakers raised concerns that the move could curtail free speech, the government said on Monday. The government had previously said social media companies could be fined up to 10% of turnover or 18 million pounds if they failed to stamp …

Online Safety Bill to tackle ‘absurd situation’ of age limit verification
2 years, 1 month ago

Online Safety Bill to tackle ‘absurd situation’ of age limit verification

The Independent  

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Online Safety Bill to remove ‘legal but harmful’ content measures
2 years, 1 month ago

Online Safety Bill to remove ‘legal but harmful’ content measures

The Independent  

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Children being coerced into most severe forms of sexual abuse online – report
2 years, 1 month ago

Children being coerced into most severe forms of sexual abuse online – report

The Independent  

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More than half of teens aged 13-17 have seen violence on social media – survey
2 years, 2 months ago

More than half of teens aged 13-17 have seen violence on social media – survey

The Independent  

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Molly Russell: How regulated is social media and how could it change?
2 years, 3 months ago

Molly Russell: How regulated is social media and how could it change?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The inquest into the death of Molly Russell has placed renewed focus on …

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