The OnlineSafetyBill returns to the House of Commons today. Every MP should ask themselves if they’re comfortable with legislation that risks our freedom of expression and breaks government promises to effectively tackle dangerous health misinformation:
). MPs and Peers will continue to debate what’s in the Bill and vote on amendments to change it before the legislation is finalised this year and regulation begins.Bad information ruins lives. The Online Safety Bill should be a pivotal moment in the way we tackle the harms caused by misinformation and disinformation and safeguard freedom of expression.
There is currently no credible plan to tackle the harms from online misinformation and disinformation through the Bill. Presently, the only reference to misinformation in the Online Safety Bill is about setting up a committee to advise Ofcom.indicative list of priority harmful content The Government’s plans to protect free speech online will now leave it up to the internet companies to decide what content is covered in their terms of service and then just apply those terms of service consistently. But this puts decisions on our freedom of expression in the hands of platforms rather than Parliament and the independent regulator.
These are essential for ensuring platforms can identify harm on their platform and set out clearly what their policy on those risks are in their terms of service.Platforms should be required to have a clear policy on harmful health misinformation in their terms of service.The Bill should ask companies to prioritise the promotion of good information over restricting content or take downs.
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