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Online Safety/Online Harms

Online Safety / Online Harms

Online Safety Act 2023

Online Safety Act 2023 Important Dates

Timeline illustrating Ofcom’s proposed Roadmap to Regulation for the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023

Tweets from @OnlineSafetyAct

Development and Passage of Online Safety Act 2023

Progress of the Government’s proposals in relation to Online Harms, and the Online Safety Bill 2021/22-285

Progress of the Online Safety Bill 2021/22-285, Online Safety Bill 2022/23-121 and the timetable for implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023

This groundbreaking Bill will keep users safe while protecting freedom of expression and democratic debate online.
— Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport Nadine Dorries (17 March 2022)
The bill is in no fit state to become law.
— Conservative party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch MP (13 July 2022)
I can assure... that we will be proceeding with the Online Safety Bill. There are some issues that we need to deal with. What I want to make sure is that we protect the under 18s from harm but we also make sure free speech is allowed so there may be some tweaks required... but we need to protect people’s safety online”
— Prime Minister Liz Truss (07 September 2022)
The bits in relation to children and online safety will not be changing... my clear objective is to get this Bill back to the House quickly.
— Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (20 September 2022)

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Nadine Dorries MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, TikTok on ‘How we’re making the internet safer’

The UK is passing some new legislation,
To make the internet safer for the younger generation,
It’s effectively a framework to protect internet users,
From scams, illegal content and anonymous abusers.
It will force big techs to stop their terms being breached,
And puts in measures to defend free speech,
But is it true it will impact freedom of expression?
No, we’ve put in legal protections in the 19th section.
Another thing we’re doing through the laws we’re passing,
Is tackling online crime and cyber-flashing,
If companies fail to comply with the law,
And fail to protect the users that they’re responsible for,
The regulator Ofcom will have the power to fine,
So platforms must keep people safe online.
— Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport (TIKTOK)