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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to speak to clause 11, because this is an important part of the Bill that deals with the safety duties protecting children. Many of us here today are spurred on by our…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)For clarification, does the Minister anticipate that Ofcom might be able to insist that a third-party provider be involved if there is significant evidence that the measures put…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q A great deal of the discussion we are having about this Bill is its scope—what is covered and what is not covered. Many of us will look regularly at newspapers online,…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Turning to the issue of child safety and online abuse with images involving children, what should be added to or removed from the Bill to improve how it protects children…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q You say that transparency is so important. Can you give us any specifics about particular areas that should be subject to transparency? Frances Haugen : Specifically for…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Specifically for children. Frances Haugen: I will give you an example. Facebook has estimated ages for every single person on the platform, because the reality is that lots of…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Can I just probe on that slightly? You say the comments are the responsibility of the editor. Does that mean that if something is published on there that is defamatory, it would…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Can I bring Lorna in here? We are talking about moving from content to the drivers of harm. Where would you suggest that should be achieved within the Bill? Professor Lorna…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q This evidence session is underlining to me how complicated these issues are. I am really grateful for your expertise, because we are navigating through a lot of issues. With…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you so much for coming along. You spoke in your initial comments to my colleague about encryption. The challenges of encryption around child abuse images have been raised…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)May I ask a supplementary to that before I come on to my main question?26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Third sitting)On a point of order, Ms Rees. There is a gentleman taking photographs in the Gallery.26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I want to focus on one particular issue, which is anonymity. Kick It Out has done so much with the FA to raise awareness of that issue. I was interested in your views on how the…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)That is very helpful; thank you.26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Working closely with Ofcom is really good, but do you think there needs to be a duty to co-operate with Ofcom, or indeed with other regulators—to be specified in the Bill—in…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I want to touch on something we have not talked about a lot today, which is enforcement and the enforcement powers in the Bill. There are significant enforcement powers in the…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think any further aspects of the age-appropriate design code should be incorporated into the Bill? Stephen Almond: We are not seeking to incorporate further aspects of…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Poppy, do you have anything to add? Poppy Wood: Yes. I think we could go much further on enforcement. One of the things that I really worry about is that if the platforms make an…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Is there more that could or should be added to the Bill? Eva Hartshorn-Sanders: I think it is a good start. I would want to have another look at it to say more. There is a…26 May 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)No, I am talking about director liability and the enforcement on companies. Eva Hartshorn-Sanders: Right. I think the responsibility on both companies and senior executives is a…26 May 2022