The Online Safety Bill returns to parliament this week and is set to include a new criminal offence of coercive or controlling behaviour.
The Online Safety Bill returns to parliament this week and is set to include a new criminal offence of coercive or controlling behaviour, as well as strengthening laws shielding children from online dangers, writes Anna Bartter.
In addition, using social media for controlling or coercive behaviour is set to become a criminal offence, after being added to the list of priority offences in the bill.Put simply, the Online Safety Bill, which the government hopes to pass into UK law next summer, is designed to regulate parts of the internet.
This has now been removed, something campaigners argue dangerously waters down the bill. Julie Bentley, chief executive of, described dropping the requirement to remove legal but harmful content as “a hugely backward step”, but culture secretary Michelle Donelan insists “a strengthened Online Safety Bill […] will allow parents to see and act on the dangers sites pose to young people”.
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