People are using algorithms to spread lies and hate online - we’re seeing across the UK how this can tear communities apart. 1/2 thetimes.com/article/308fe6…

NEW: We have put 11 social media and video sharing platforms on notice over their poor children’s privacy practices. Read more about our review ➡️ ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/….

“the US accused TikTok of implementing "deficient" ways of screening for accounts created by children and obstructing parents when they tried to delete them.” TikTok sued for 'massive' invasion of child privacy - BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/…

🚨 Last #OnlineSafety newsletter before our short summer break out today. More than enough reading here to keep you going while we're away, though. Plus, not just one but three new @ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct consultations to get your teeth into. Enjoy! 😎 mailchi.mp/d0dd732ee4a7/o…

Today, the Technology Secretary Peter Kyle met with TikTok, Meta, Google and X, to make clear their responsibility to continue to work with us to stop the spread of hateful misinformation and incitement. Read his statement below 👇

1/🧵🚨New analysis! How much did Musk's "civil war is inevitable' reply to a tweet spreading #disinformation boost the original tweet? TLDR: A reply from Musk will boost racist disinformation. #UkRiots 👉

Keir Starmer confirms Online Safety Act to be reviewed after far-right riots dlvr.it/TBj8Qb

Great to hear Keir Starmer commit to look again at strengthening the Online Safety Act. The past days have shown there is no time to lose in tighter measures against the spread of dangerous content - especially when it comes to protecting children online. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

🚨 NEW: in light of the online dimension to the spread of violence across the UK in the past fortnight, Prof Lorna Woods and Alexandros K. Antoniou Essex Law School analyse the limits of the #OnlineSafetyAct - and the powers it grants to @ofcom - to deal with it.⬇️ onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/disin…

The regulator has declined to seek the use of categorisation powers, which were amended into the #OnlineSafetyAct, to target such small but high harm websites. Molly Rose Foundation Mental Health Foundation Antisemitism Policy Trust Online Safety Act Network @osanetwork.bsky.social among many to voice concerns about this approach

I’ll be talking about #children and #smartphones on ⁦BBC Panorama⁩ tomorrow - BBC1 Monday at 8pm, for UK audiences #DigitalFutures4Children ⁦LSE Media & Communications⁩ ⁦LSE⁩ ⁦5Rights Foundation⁩

Snapchat urges Ofcom to water down its child protection proposals because it claims it may worsen a teen ‘loneliness crisis.’ Spoke to Matt Field about this latest example of Big Tech cynicism Molly Rose Foundation telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Very pertinent question re #OnlineSafetyAct coming up in #HouseOfLords on Thurs (h/t Gavin Freeguard (same on BSky) and today's epic Connected by Data newsletter for the excellent primer for the new term). whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal48764

📺Sonia Livingstone appears on the BBC's Panorama: Can We Live Without Our Phones? 👏Great to see the Director of the #DigitalFutures4Children, the joint 5Rights Foundation LSE Media & Communications research centre, providing important nuance Didn't catch it yesterday? watch⬇️ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Today in House of Lords a new Bill to criminalise creating sexually explicit deepfakes is being introduced by Baroness Owen. Deepfake sexual abuse is violating, intimidating & an ever-present threat in women & girls' lives. Go't must accept this Bill dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

Nick Pickles, X's VP of global affairs and much their most senior British employee has left (immediately). He would have been the person who had to account for the platform's (hard to defend) practices - which directly contributed to misinfo & disorder ft.com/content/0baf29…