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Online Safety

Online Safety is a new concept in this policy space. 

The recently adopted Online Safety Act - after the  Online Safety Bill was passed by Parliament - has the potential to re-shape the digital landscape in the UK. It upends the law as it was taking a framework based on liability protection and installing in its place a regime of strict liability backed up by civil and criminal sanctions. Posts in this section will discuss the progress of the Bill, and the implications of online safety as a policy concept more widely.

Online Safety Act: Ofcom’s 1700-pages of tech platform rules

Monica Horten
Published on 10 November 2023
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New draft rules for Internet platforms have been released this week by Ofcom. The rules tackle a wide range of content which the government now says is illegal. They address unlawful migration, harassment, online fraud, and even public protests.

This is the first in a suite of expected announcements over the next nine months which will tell the Internet and tech industries what content moderation and other actions they are expected to take.

So what is in the announcement?

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Online Safety - a non-consensual Act

Monica Horten
Published on 27 October 2023
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TL;DR  The Online Safety Act officially becomes law today. It’s an Act to address some very serious public policy issues that have arisen as the Internet reached maturity, but the divisive politicking employed to get it over the line means that implementation will be a challenge, to say the least. This is not because people don’t want to protect children or tackle abuse – we all do – but because the methods proposed in the Online Safety Act for implementing that protection do not work with the existing global infrastructure.

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Iptegrity.com is the website of Dr Monica Horten. I am an  independent policy advisor, with expertise in online safety, technology and human rights. I am a published author, and post-doctoral scholar. I hold a PhD from the University of Westminster, and a DipM from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. I cover the UK and EU. I'm a former tech journalist, and an experienced panelist and Chair. My media credits include the BBC, iNews, Times, Guardian and Politico.

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