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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill232: Schedule 17, page 247, line 35, at end insert— “(ba) section (Assessment duties: user empowerment) (assessments related to the adult user empowerment duty set out in section…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I start by saying that accurate systems and processes for content moderation are crucial to the workability of this Bill and keeping users safe from harm. Amendment 228…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI have addressed the points made by the noble Baroness and my noble friend already. She asks the same question again and I can give her the same answer. We are operating openly…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the Government share the view of my noble friend Lord Moylan about the importance of transparency in protecting freedom of expression. I reassure him and other noble…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt depends on the circumstances. I do not want to give one example for fear of being unnecessarily restrictive. In relation to the health misinformation and disinformation we saw…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am happy to make it clear, as I did on the last group, that the power allows Ofcom not to require platforms to remove content, only to set out what they are doing in response to…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to set out the need for Clauses 158 and 159. The amendments in this group consider the role of government in two specific areas: the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI do not think that the noble Lord was listening to that point, but I did.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI hope what I have said about the way that Ofsted and Ofcom are working together gives the noble Lord some reassurance. He is right, and it is not just in relation to the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their comments, and for the recognition from the noble Lord, Lord Knight, of the changes that we have made. I am particularly grateful…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIf I may, I will write to the noble Lord setting that out; he has lost me with his question. We believe, as I think he said, that the forum has added to the collaboration in this…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI beg to move.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group relate to provisions for media literacy in the Bill and Ofcom’s existing duty on media literacy under Section 11 of the Communications Act…17 Jul 2023