{"id":2704,"date":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/online-safety-bill-a-missed-opportunity-to-prevent-child-abuse-mps-warn\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:41:27","slug":"online-safety-bill-a-missed-opportunity-to-prevent-child-abuse-mps-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/online-safety-bill-a-missed-opportunity-to-prevent-child-abuse-mps-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Online safety bill \u2018a missed opportunity\u2019 to prevent child abuse, MPs warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Committee report says draft bill is neither clear nor robust enough to tackle some harmful content<\/p>\n<p>The sharing of some of the most insidious images of child abuse will not be prevented by a new government bill that aims to the make the internet a safer place, MPs have said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/dec\/15\/uk-parliament-pushes-back-on-the-online-safety-bill\">draft online safety bill<\/a> is not clear or robust enough to tackle some forms of illegal and harmful content, according to a report by the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) committee. 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