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HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)Will my hon. Friend confirm that the risk assessments for illegal content—the priority illegal offences; the worst kind of content—apply to all services, whether or not they are…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)Could the Minister also confirm that the provisions of the National Security Bill read across to the Online Safety Bill? Where disinformation is disseminated by networks operated…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I want to speak briefly to the amendment. I totally understand the reasons that the hon. Member for Aberdeen North has tabled it, but in reality, the kinds of activities she…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I am following carefully what the Minister says, but I would say briefly that a lot of the debate we have had at all stages of the Bill has rested on how we believe Ofcom will use…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I am intrigued, because the hon. Member for Aberdeen North makes an interesting point. It is not one I have heard made before. Does the Minister think there is a distinction…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I want to briefly speak on this amendment, particularly as my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley referenced the report by the Joint Committee, which I chaired. As he said, the…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)Forgive me, Dame Angela.15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (First sitting)The hon. Lady is talking about an incredibly important issue, but the Bill covers such matters as credible threats to life, incitement to violence against an individual, and…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)On that point, does my hon. Friend also agree that the priority legal offences are important too? People were prosecuted for what they posted on Twitter and Instagram about the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that the risk assessments that will be done on the priority illegal offences are very wide ranging, in addition to the risk assessments that will be done…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (First sitting)As a Back-Bench Member of Parliament, I recommended that the “legal but harmful” provisions be removed from the Bill. When I chaired the Joint Committee of both Houses of…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (First sitting)The hon. Lady is right: the Bill does not require the removal of legal speech. Platforms must take the issue into account—it can be risk assessed—but it is ultimately their…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that this is why the Bill is structured in the way it is? We have a wide range of priority illegal offences that companies have to meet, so it is not…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)This is quite an important point. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North was talking about recommendation systems. If a platform chooses not to amplify content, that is presumably not…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I want to be clear on my point. My question was not related to how platforms set their terms of service, which is a matter for them and they are held to account for that. If we…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I am grateful for what the Minister has said, and glad that Ofcom will have a role in seeing that companies do not remove content that is not in breach of terms of service where…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)That concern would be triggered by Ofcom discovering things as a consequence of user complaint. Although Ofcom is not a complaint resolution company, users can complain to it.…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)Annual transparency reporting is an important part of how the system will work. Transparency is one of the most important aspects of how the Online Safety Bill works, because…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I totally appreciate the point that the hon. Lady makes, which is a different one. For gambling, the inducement to act straightaway often comes in the form of advertising. It…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I rise briefly to say that the introduction of the shields is a significant additional safety measure in the Bill and shows that the Government have thought about how to improve…13 Dec 2022