New, strengthened Online Safety Act needed to protect children, charity says

The Molly Rose Foundation is calling for Ministers to strengthen the Online Safety Bill to better protect children, criticizing the current implementation by Ofcom as risk averse and unambitious. The charity is concerned that Ofcom’s draft regulatory plans do not hold tech firms accountable for online threats like suicide and self-harm content, suggesting a new duty of candor for tech firms to disclose information to the regulator. The Online Safety Act, set to take effect next year, places new duties on social media platforms to protect users, with large fines for non-compliance, as part of efforts to prevent harm like that experienced by Molly Russell.

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