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“Rest assured, this Bill will end anonymous abuse, because it will end abuse, full stop.” We will ‘turn the tide on racist, misogynistic and anti-semitic abuse.’ The promises of a succession of Secretaries of State about the Online Safety Bill set...
Over the last few years, solutions to the problem of online abuse have been proposed and attempted – from pleading with platforms to do the bare minimum of enforcing their own terms and conditions, to entirely new regulatory frameworks being...
In regulating online spaces, if we treat the problems of harmful content as separate from the problems of harmful systems, we risk not solving either. Addressing disinformation and online violence against women requires a holistic regulatory response. “It should be...
Gendered disinformation is a form of identity-based disinformation that threatens human rights worldwide. It undermines the digital and political rights, as well as the safety and security, of its targets. Its effects are far-reaching: gendered disinformation is used to justify...
‘The safest place in the world to go online’. This is the ambition for the UK, set out by the Government in the 2019 Online Harms White Paper, and echoed over the next two years as the proposals evolved into...
What role do we want technology to play in our lives? In popular debate, this question divides into two polar extremes: those who see us living better, healthier, technology assisted lives, and those who fear a Black Mirror-style digital dystopia....
After two years, the UK Government has finally put forward a draft bill on Online Safety – to empower a regulator, Ofcom, to compel tech companies and social media platforms to fulfil a ‘duty of care’ to their users and...
Many months of being at home, and the popularity of birdwatching has “soared”. Soon, however, we can also engage in this beloved activity online and tune into the not-always-so-sweet melodies to be found on Twitter. Initiatives like the Big Garden...
Last week, the world looked on in horror as a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, leading the people inside to have to barricade themselves in their offices for safety as the chambers were overrun by far-right extremists. In...
