التكنولوجيا وأخبارها بوابة مصر لأخبار تكنولوجيا المعلومات والإتصالات وفي أفريقيا كما تعتبر مصدر رئيسي للمعلومات حول تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات والفرص الاستثمارية المرتبطة بالاقتصاد الرقمي في المنطقة بالكامل
Please find below a release on Coventry University experts saying what is still
missing from the impending Online Safety Bill.
Images of the researchers can be downloaded from this link: https://we.tl/t-32lVAsrReo
To arrange to speak to Marcus Maloney and/or Sarah Merry,
please email press.mac@coventry.ac.uk
Coventry University researchers highlight four things they say are missing from the Government’s Online Safety Bill
A new law to make social media firms more responsible for users’ safety needs to do more to
protect those most vulnerable to harm, say researchers from Coventry University.
The Online Safety Bill – which includes new laws around pornography,
illegal content on subjects such as suicide and information bereaved parents can gain access
to – has been passed by peers in the House of Lords and is now awaiting royal assent from King Charles.
Marcus Maloney and Sarah Kate Merry were part of a team of academics from Coventry University’s
Research Centre for Postdigital Cultures that conducted research into the Bill’s effectiveness in
making positive cultural change for online behaviours and influencing future policies
around harms experienced by young people and adults.
Their report, which was based on workshops held with organisations including the Suzy Lampugh Trust,
the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps, Men’s Health Forum and Samaritans,
found significant gaps in the new Bill and made a number of recommendations which
were put before various members of the House of Lords.
One of the recommendations was successfully included in the Bill which now means that
women and girls are specifically mentioned as a group particularly at risk of online abuse.
Coventry University’s researchers were one of several groups asking for this inclusion.
Four other recommendations were put forward, including:
the need to develop robust, responsive and transparent assessment criteria for technologies, apps and platforms
platforms must be required to conduct risk assessments to
ensure that their existing protections meet the regulatory criteria
investment in awareness raising and educational campaigns to ensure harm reduction
government, charities, platforms, tech industry and other sectors
needing to work together to make the necessary changes.
The university’s researchers are now preparing evidence for an inquiry into
whether the Government has the necessary means in place once the Bill becomes law.
Marcus said:
“The goals of the Online Safety Bill are wide-ranging, but ultimately it seeks
to protect young people from seeing illegal and ‘legal but harmful’ content.
“This will not be achieved solely through the Bill’s focus on stricter regulation and
harsher penalties for platforms that fail to meet the bill’s requirements.”
Sarah said:
“More needs to be done to ensure ongoing work by platforms, including regular risk
assessments and use of appropriate content moderation, as well as coordination between
platforms and organisations working to protect those who are vulnerable to harm.”
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