Tackling Online Abuse

Petitions Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 14 May 2020 Closed: 28 Mar 2022 Parliament page
The Petitions Committee has launched an inquiry into tackling online abuse, to consider issues raised in a number of petitions from the last Parliament and to follow up on the Committee’s previous inquiry into online abuse and the experiences of disabled people. The inquiry will resume in the wake of … Read more
22 Recommendations
7 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
5 Events
Activity timeline 12 events
1 Feb
2022
1 Dec
2021
1 Dec
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
23 Nov
2021
23 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
16 Nov
2021
16 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
2 Nov
2021
2 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2 Jul
2020
2 Jul
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
Chris Philp MP · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Orla MacRae · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Dr Nicholas Hoggard · Law Commission Katy Minshall · Twitter Professor Penney Lewis · The Law Commission Rebecca Stimson · Meta Theo Bertram · TikTok
Tackling Online Abuse
Andy Burrows · NSPCC Dr Bertie Vidgen · The Alan Turing Institute Ellen Judson · Demos Seyi Akiwowo · Glitch Stephen Kinsella OBE · Clean up the Internet William Perrin OBE · Carnegie Trust UK
Tackling Online Abuse
Chara Bakalis · Oxford Brookes University Danny Stone MBE · Antisemitism Policy Trust Dr Joe Mulhall · HOPE not hate Matthew Harrison · The Royal Mencap Society Nancy Kelley · Stonewall Ruth Smeeth · Index on Censorship
Amy Price Katie Price
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
5 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Second Report - Tackling online ab…
The Government’s online safety proposals do not go far enough in acknowledging and seeking to...
The Government’s online safety proposals do not go far enough in acknowledging and seeking to tackle the heightened levels of abuse faced by some communities online. While the requirement for Ofcom to consult with civil society groups in Tackling Online … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees that companies should consider risks to different user groups and has amended the Bill's risk assessment provisions. Companies will now be required to consider the risk of harm to individuals with certain characteristics or group memberships, including protected characteristics, but does not address additional user advocacy arrangements.
Government Response AI assessment · 29 of 22 classified

Total 22 recs + 7 conclusions