Is the government’s Online Harms Bill fit for purpose?By Akash Thiara, a Placement Student with the Electoral Reform Society from the University of Nottingham. After a long delay, the government has finally released plans to tackle ‘online harms’. The online harms bill, which...Posted 04 Jan 2021
Tackling online harms to our democracy must be a priority Last week, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee criticised the government for its repeated delays in publishing legislation to tackle online harms. In a statement calling for urgent action, committee...Posted 20 Oct 2020
Twitter boycott: When is the government going to act to tackle ‘Online Harms’ to our democracy?It has been well over a year since the government published proposals to tackle 'Online Harms' - and we've seen no legislation put on the table. Nor have we seen any action on 'dark ads'...Posted 28 Jul 2020