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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you to the witnesses for joining us this afternoon. May I ask for your views on the clauses on journalistic content exemption and democratic content exemption? Do you…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. How could the Bill protect people who are involved in elections, be they parliamentary candidates, people standing in local elections, staff, or election officers?…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That is really helpful; thank you. You raised the point about the abuse that was directed at election officials in America. Do you think it should almost be a stand-alone…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Poppy, do you have any thoughts on that? Poppy Wood: We are seeing people who put themselves forward in public life receiving all sorts of horrible abuse, which was cited as a…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Should there be more in the Bill with a specific reference to violence against women and girls, abuse and threats, and misogyny? Eva Hartshorn-Sanders: There are definitely…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I just want to clarify something. We were talking about the journalistic content definition as it is. You are saying that you…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I suppose there are two separate clauses there. There is the news publisher clause and the journalistic content clause. Just so I am clear, you are happy with the news publisher…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q What about the journalistic content clause? This is an expression that was new to me—this idea of a citizen journalist. I do not even know what that means. Are we confident that…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q As journalists, does that worry you? Matt Rogerson: I wish I was a journalist.26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Sorry, as representatives of journalists. Matt Rogerson: It worries me in the sense that we want a plural media ecosystem in this country, and we want individuals who are…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q My only concern is that someone who just decides to call themselves a journalist will be able to say what they want. Owen Meredith: I do not think that would be allowable under…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I thank the witnesses for coming. In terms of regulation, I was going to ask whether you believe that Ofcom is the most suitable regulator to operate in this area. You have…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Yes, the idea of having a statutory user advocacy body that would represent the interests of children. This is something that has been talked about. Is that something you have any…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. You alluded earlier to the fact that the Bill contains duties to protect content of democratic importance and journalistic content. What is your view on those…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Should the Bill commit to that? Lynn Perry: As a recommendation, we think that could only strengthen the protections of children.26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Poppy. Eva? Eva Hartshorn-Sanders: I think the principle behind the duty is correct and that they should consider the democratic importance of content when they are…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q Gosh, right. I think we are clear that your view is that these two exceptions could potentially do more harm than good. The ideal scenario from your perspective would be to…24 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Ms Rees, and thank you to the witnesses. Many websites host pornography without necessarily being pornographic websites, meaning that children can easily stumble…24 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (First sitting)That is really helpful, thank you. A quick question—24 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Ofcom is required to produce certain codes, for example on terrorism, but others that were floated in the Green Paper are no longer in the Bill. Are you working on such codes,…24 May 2022