Budget-style online safety debates could help law ‘keep pace’ with tech changes

'I'm an online safety expert - social media needs overhaul but a ban is too far' - The Mirror

The Government could easily go too far trying to protect children online with changes to the Online Safety Act argues Rebecca Whittington, The Daily Mirror's Online Safety Editor

Can governments ever keep up with big tech?

The Online Safety Act was first shown to Parliament in 2019, more than two years before ChatGPT burst onto the scene and revolutionised how we use the internet.

Starmer’s war with Big Tech

Keir Starmer’s government is good at burying its wins. Perhaps the best example came last month when Labour confronted Elon Musk over Grok’s sexual deepfakes on X. Critics warned that by tussling with the world’s richest man and a Donald Trump confidant, Starmer had picked a fight he couldn’t possibly win. But it was Musk who blinked first. The Prime Minister derived little credit from this victory (which was drowned out by calls from allies to …

Budget-style online safety debates could help law ‘keep pace’ with tech changes

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said ministers want to ‘get the legislation right’.

Starmer pledges faster action on children's online safety to close tech loopholes

HighlightsCoroners to notify Ofcom of every child death aged 5-18 so tech firms cannot delete data within five days.AI chatbots to be included in Online Safety Act closing loopholes created before ChatGPT's release.Government plans new legal powers to act "within months" rather than years after consultation findings.Prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged to close loopholes in online safety laws more quickly, promising no social media platform w…