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Last week, London coroner Andrew Walker delivered his findings from the inquest into 14-year-old schoolgirl Molly Russell’s death, concluding she “died from an act of self harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content”. Continue reading
The most heavily debated aspect of the government’s proposals has been, Strand 2, the ‘legal but harmful content’ duty. In the draft Bill this comes in two versions: a substantive duty to mitigate user content harmful to children; and a transparency duty in relation to user content harmful to adults. That, at any rate, appears to be the government’s political intention. As drafted, the Bill could be read as going further and imposing a substantive ‘content harmful to adults’ duty (something that at least some of the Committees want the legislation explicitly to do). Continue reading
The murder of MP David Amess has reminded us all of the threats and abuse that those in public life face, particularly online. This has led to renewed calls to ban anonymous online social media accounts. In a recent piece, Harry Dyer argues that this is not the answer, that anonymity can in fact be a form of protection for marginalised communities. Continue reading
In the wake of the tragic death of the member of parliament for Southend West, David Amess, fellow MPs have been talking about how to best protect both politicians and the public from abuse and harm. This has included a strong focus on enacting laws designed to halt online abuse, even though police have not linked Amess’s killing to this issue directly. Continue reading
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