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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. The livestream is not working. In the interest of transparency we should pause the Committee while it is fixed so that people can observe.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s intervention in bringing in the platforms to discuss disinformation put out by hostile nation states. Does he accept that if Russia Today had put…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I want to just put it on the record that the irony is not lost on me that we are having tech issues relating to the discussion of the Online Safety Bill. The Opposition have huge…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Hear, hear.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady and for SNP support for amendment 69. The Bill introduces criminal liability for senior managers who fail to comply with information notice…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to amendments to clause 9 and to clauses 23 and 24, which I did not speak on earlier. I am also very grateful that we are being…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)We do not oppose clauses 2, 3 or 4, or the intentions of schedules 1 and 2, and have not sought to amend them at this stage, but this is an important opportunity to place on…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 12, page 12, line 10, at end insert— “(4A) A duty to publish the adults’ risk assessment and proactively supply this to OFCOM.” This…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 69, in clause 6, page 5, line 39, at end insert— ‘(6A) All providers of regulated user-to-user services must name an individual whom the provider considers…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I am happy to come back in and discuss clauses 7, 21 and 22 stand part afterwards.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Apologies, Sir Roger; I will speak to amendments 10, 14, 25 and 19.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is being very generous with his time, but I do not think he appreciates the nature of the issue. Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is $71.5 billion. Elon Musk, who is…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)The Opposition welcome the moves to ensure that all user-to-user services are compelled to provide risk assessments in relation to illegal content, but there are gaps, ranging…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)On clause 7, as I have previously mentioned, we were all pleased to see the Government bring in more provisions to tackle pornographic content online, much of which is easily…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, in clause 8, page 6, line 33, at end insert— “(4A) A duty to publish the illegal content risk assessment and proactively supply this to OFCOM.” This…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)At this stage, I will speak to clause 8 and our amendments 10, 14, 25, 19 and 17.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister mentioned earlier that Ofcom would be adequately resourced and funded to cope with the regulatory duty set out in the Bill. If Ofcom is not able to receive risk…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I will speak to clauses 15 and 16 and to new clause 7. The duties outlined in the clause, alongside clause 16, require platforms to have special terms and processes for handling…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)The amendment creates a duty to publish the adults’ risk assessment and supply it to Ofcom. As my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles South remarked when addressing…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)The revised Bill seeks to address the problems associated with anonymity through requiring platforms to empower users, with new options to verify their identity and filter out…07 Jun 2022