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HANSARDOnline Safety BillAgain, I am just pulling this together—I am curious to understand this. We have been given a specific case—South West Grid for Learning raising a case based on an individual but…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will plant a flag in reference to the new offences, which I know we will come back to again. It is always helpful to look at real-world examples. There is a lot of meme-based…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, has given us the opportunity to talk about terms of service, and I will make three points again, in a shorter…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I propose Amendment 14 on behalf of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who are not able to be present today due to prior…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I did not want to interrupt the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, in full flow as he introduced the amendments, but I believe he made an error in terms of the categorisation. The…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful to the Minister for that clarification. I take it then that the Government’s working assumption is that all search services, including the biggest ones, are by…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillJust to reinforce the point the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, made on that, I certainly had experience of where the police became the complainants. They would request, for example,…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI point out that one of the benefits of end-to-end encryption is that it precisely stops companies doing things such as targeted advertising based on the content of people’s…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this is again a very helpful set of amendments. I want to share some experience that shows that legality tests are really hard. Often from the outside there is an…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillAgain, I think that that is clear. I understood from the Bill that, if an American says something that would be illegal were they to be in the United Kingdom, we would still want…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am struggling a little to understand why the Minister thinks that sufficient evidence is subjective, and therefore, I assume, reasonable grounds to infer is objective.…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillCan I suggest one of mine?27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIn talking about individuals and investigations, the noble Baroness reminded me of one class of content where we do have clarity, and that is contempt of court. That is a frequent…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a very useful debate and serves as a good appetite builder for lunch, which I understand we will be able to take shortly. I am grateful to the Minister for…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI just want to add to the exchange between the noble Baronesses, Lady Kidron and Lady Fox. The noble Baroness, Lady Fox, referred to WhatsApp’s position. Again, it is important…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe investigatory powers Act includes a different form of technical notice, which is to put in place surveillance equipment. The noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, has a good point: we…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI want to flag that in the context of terrorist content, this is quite high risk for journalists. It is quite common for them, for example, to be circulating a horrific ISIS video…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I would like to mention one issue that I forgot to mention, and I think it would be more efficient to pose the question now to the Minister rather than interject when he…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will echo the sentiments of the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, in my contribution to another very useful debate, which has brought to mind the good debate that we had…27 Apr 2023