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<p>We know that people are spending more time online during this period and this can
put them at greater risk of experiencing online harm. We have been working closely
with technology companies, civil society and academia to understand and respond to
the risks presented during this period.</p><p>The department is committed to tackling
all forms of crime, including those that exploit technology and the internet. We are
considering all routes to ensure law enforcement have the tools they need to go after
these criminals and to protect the vulnerable.</p><p>HMG published new guidance on
April 23rd to help all users to stay safe online during the coronavirus outbreak.
It includes detailed advice on protecting personal data, cyber security and disinformation.
It also provides additional guidance for parents on online safety issues affecting
children such as child sexual abuse, exposure to age-inappropriate content and cyberbullying.</p><p>This
Government is committed to delivering legislation to tackle online harms. This will
introduce a statutory duty of care on companies to take steps to protect their users
from harm, including child sexual exploitation and abuse. We are currently working
swiftly to prepare a full Government response, which we will publish later this year.
This will include more detailed proposals on online harms regulation and will be released
alongside interim voluntary codes of practice on tackling online terrorist and child
sexual exploitation and abuse content and activity. We will follow the full Government
response by introducing Online Harms legislation.</p>
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