TechScape: Finally, the UK’s online safety bill gets its day in parliament – here’s what you need to know
by Dan Milmo from Technology | The Guardian on (#67X7P)
In this week's newsletter: The government's proposed legislation seeks to keep children safe from harmful content and hold tech CEOs accountable. Can it?
Underwhelming and unsurprising. Those were the words Molly Russell's father used to describe the response of Meta, Pinterest and Snap to a series of recommendations from the coroner who presided over the inquest into his daughter's death.
The online safety bill, which is debated in the UK parliament today (Tuesday) before moving to the House of Lords, has long been the focus of internet safety campaigners' hopes, not industry self-reform.
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