Oct 28, 2022

Tory MP Julian Knight warns of face-offs with Musk's Twitter

The mammoth bill was put on hold during the summer's Tory leadership contest, amid claims it would be watered down. The Online Safety Bill would compel social media platforms to remove all illegal content and to take action against designated "Legal but harmful" material. Another Conservative member of the digital, culture, media and sport committee, former senior cabinet minister Damian Green, told the BBC the bill appeared to be "Up in the air both in terms of content and timing". "Since the Conservatives first announced their intention to regulate seven other jurisdictions have introduced online safety laws, and in the UK in that time online crime has exploded, child sexual abuse online has become rife, scams have proliferated."Every day that goes by without the Bill the suffering continues. "We need to see a clear timetable of when this bill will proceed to give victims the confidence that this Bill is still a Government priority."

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