Britain’s AI delusion
Sacrificing national security or intellectual property for digital progress could leave the country incalculably worse off.
ByOnline Safety Bill
The Parliament Brief: will the new schools “phone ban” keep children safe?
Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, told MPs that most headteachers already restrict the use of devices.
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The Research Brief: inside Britain’s “teenage sexting epidemic”
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Social media companies can no longer leave children to their own devices
Big Tech must share user data so we can truly understand the risks of phone use for young people.
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The Policy Ask with Beeban Kidron: “Taking apart legal protections is straight out of a dictator’s playbook”
The children’s rights campaigner on online safety, how the world of work has changed for women, and the courage of…
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The Research Brief: Why harmful social media content needs stronger regulation
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Will the Online Safety Act protect us or infringe our freedoms?
After six years of development, child safety and free speech campaigners react to the long-awaited internet laws.
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The Policy Ask with Janine Hirt: “Social media platforms and search engines should be held accountable for fraud”
The CEO of the fintech body Innovate Finance on tackling online scams, working for the Samaritans, and regulating “buy now,…
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The Online Safety Bill is finally law – it says a lot about our broken politics
Six years of debate have resulted in a job half done that fully tackles neither online harm nor invasion of…
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Online platforms have profited from misogyny for too long
As the Online Safety Act becomes law, social media companies must start doing better for women and girls.
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UK government backs down on end-to-end encryption in Online Safety Bill
The bill has faced criticism from Big Tech companies over privacy and security fears. Have ministers had a change of…
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The Policy Ask with Carl Miller: “I’ve had conspiracy theorists turning up at the office”
The cofounder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media on disinformation, online safety and protecting the BBC.
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The Policy Ask with Quinn McKew: “The government must stop its attempt to throw away our human rights”
The freedom of expression campaigner on protecting our liberties, supporting Ukraine and rescuing a colleague in crisis.
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On misogyny, the Online Safety Bill is still woefully inadequate
This is why I’m calling for a new code of practice that would force social media companies to tackle violence…
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There’s no point pretending we can stop teenagers watching porn
The question is how to respond. What does it say about sex education if no one is explaining to boys…
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Britain’s democratic rot has continued under Rishi Sunak
The lies and autocratic legislation that defined Boris Johnson’s premiership have endured.
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The pressure on Sunak to curb the spread of online misogyny is increasing
Labour shadow minister says it is “astonishing” that the Prime Minister is still failing to take this issue seriously.
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What are the latest amendments to the Online Safety Bill?
43 Tory MPs are backing a plan to make social media bosses face prison if they fail to protect children…
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Labour: Social media bosses should be held criminally liable for harmful content
The party has called for the scope of the Online Safety Bill to be expanded as it returns to parliament.
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No one will be safe online until we break Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
Targeted advertising and content that feeds twisted worldviews are the greatest dangers we face online today.
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