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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q I understand; thank you. Liron, in an earlier answer, you referred to the protections for content of democratic importance and journalistic content, which are set out in clauses…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Okay, thank you. My last question touches on those issues and is for each of the panel in turn. Some people have claimed—I think wrongly—that the provisions in the Bill in some…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. You made a very important point: there is nothing in the Bill that requires censorship or prohibition of content that is legal and harmless to children. That is a…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Good. Thank you, Stephen. Liron? Liron Velleman: We are satisfied that the Bill adequately protects freedom of speech. Our key view is that, if people are worried that it does…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q The shadow Minister’s question is related to the removal of what was clause 103 in the old draft of the Bill. As she said, that related to media literacy. Does the panel draw…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q When I was asking questions on Tuesday, the representative of Meta made a second claim that raised my eyebrow. He claimed that, in designing its algorithms, it did not primarily…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I am glad you welcome that. I have a question for both witnesses, briefly. You have commented in some detail on various aspects of the Bill, but do you feel that the Bill as a…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Picking up that last point about representation for particular groups of users including children, Ms Perry, do you agree that the ability to designate organisations that can…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Before I turn to Ms Perry with the same question about the Bill’s general effect, Sanjay, you mentioned the terrible incidence of abuse that the three England footballers got…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for joining us this afternoon and for giving us your evidence so far. At the beginning of your testimony, Ms Hartshorn-Sanders, I think you mentioned—I want to ensure…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That clearly illustrates the problem we have. Two parts of the Bill are designed to address this: first, the ability for designated user representation groups to raise…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Meta claimed in evidence to the Committee on Tuesday that it gave researchers good access to its data. Do you think that is true? Eva Hartshorn-Sanders: I think it depends on…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Can I start by clarifying a comment that Owen Meredith made at the very beginning? You were commenting on where you would like the Bill to go further in protecting media…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. Can I move on to the question that Kim Leadbeater asked a moment ago, and that a number of Members have raised? You very kindly said a moment ago that you thought…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. So you are categorically satisfied about the risks that we have heard articulated; that maleficent actors would not be able to set themselves up in such a way that…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you; that is very helpful. I have only one other question. In relation to questions concerning freedom of speech, the Government believe, and I believe, that the Bill very…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Yes, but with the amendment committed to on Second Reading, you would say that the Bill does meet those freedom of speech objectives, subject to the detail. Owen Meredith:…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Mr Fassam, I will address those two questions, if I may. Search is covered by clause 35 and user-generated content is subject to the Bill’s general provisions on user-generated…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q In clause 35 there is the drafting point that we are looking at. It says “minimise the risk” instead of “prevent”. You are right to point out that drafting issue. In relation to…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)I am very grateful. Thank you.26 May 2022