Today, @mollyroseorg urges the next Govt to commit to five transformative policies that can reset the relationship between tech firms and child safety. It’s time for a new #OnlineSafetyAct & a bold new tech accountability framework. Read here:

Meta will start scanning links in private messages for more use cases. It’s very welcome - but it also shows their reluctance to do this to tackle child sexual abuse isn’t about technical infeasibility, it’s a choice.

It’s inexplicable that Ofcom wouldn’t use all the powers at its disposal to tackle a suicide forum responsible for more deaths than Grenfell, and it isn’t what Parliament envisaged @mollyroseorg

Chatbots directly encouraging and facilitating suicide - if a human did this it would be a criminal offence, but as it stands there is ambiguity about whether this would trigger the illegal safety duties in the #OnlineSafetyAct. @Ofcom needs to clarify this without further delay

@CodaQueen Really interesting to hear they’re using apps for homework so early… The balance is so hard for parents, so I really hope we can see a push on high quality research to help everyone understand what the best approach can be

RT @taylor_owen: Everyone still ok with handing low orbit broadband over to Musk? And the regulation of our public sphere to Meta, YouTube…

‘We are going to have to go further’ than the #OnlineSafetyAct, @YvetteCooperMP tells @bbclaurak. She adds that platforms are continuing to host Southport-related material despite her recent takedown request.

@neilturkewitz Next up: Tariffs on Norway til they award it to him?

With one in ten young people now identifying as gay or bisexual, it’s worth remembering they face sharply increased risks online. And maybe time for @stonewalluk to reconsider its inexplicable hostility to protecting them from online sexual violence

Hey Chat GPT, show me what delicious irony looks like

This gets very interesting when it comes to the business disruption measures in the #OnlineSafetyAct

RT @charleshymas: Meta’s “bonfire” of safety measures has made Facebook and Instagram as dangerous as they were when Molly Russell took her…

Meta’s policy changes threaten the safety and wellbeing of young people. @mollyroseorg has written to @Ofcom urging them to fast- track stronger measures in its first Code of Practice to take effect this summer

This feels like another period when more Meta whistleblowers must be on the brink. And when the internal emails are telling a story which we’ll all come to see in due course.

Stronger online safety regulation post- Southport isn’t just essential, it’s also unashamedly pro-growth: @SciTechgovuk data shows a 15% reduction in exposure to online harm delivers a £4 bn annualised return. See @mollyroseorg’s letter to the Chancellor:

This is fabulous from @TomHayesBmouth: if we want children to have a balanced and positive time both online and off, we need to better address the long-term decline in physical spaces to play. Playgrounds, playing fields and youth centres can't just be a 'nice to have.'

Important and welcome intervention from @EdwardJDavey: we need to make our online safety laws fit for purpose because it’s clear the tech companies will not prioritise safety otherwise @mollyroseorg

When Nick Clegg builds his post-Meta career, don’t let him forget this. Defending the decision to call people ‘filth’ and LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill.’

Good work from @IWFhotline calling on the PM to step in to close a loophole created by @ofcom that will allow tech firms to dodge or delay their duties to take down illegal material. The #OnlineSafetyAct isn’t being implemented as Parliament expected.

RT @mollyroseorg: 'The Prime Minister is right to signal a review of the law to protect children and society from a growing melting pot of…