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1020044

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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	USA: TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether embassy or consulate staff in the United States have discussed damaging or malicious online comments posted on TripAdvisor about hotel or catering services based in the United States with representatives of such services; and if not, whether they intend to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Staff of the British Embassy and British Consulates in the United States have not discussed this issue with representatives of these services and there are no current plans to do so. ​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2018 14:17:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1020045

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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given the proposal made by Lord Beecham on 19 November 2013 (HL Deb, col GC376) to establish a panel to determine whether information identifying the name of a person posting damaging or malicious comments online should be released, particularly in relation to comments about hotel or catering services posted on TripAdvisor.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is making important progress in tackling online safety issues through the Digital Charter, which is guided by a number of principles and whose core purpose is to make the Internet work for everyone – for citizens, businesses and society as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Online anonymity is an important part of a free and open internet, providing essential protection for those who need it and allowing for many kinds of self expression and communication that would not otherwise be possible. But being anonymous online does not give anyone the right to abuse others or break the law.</p><p> </p><p>In the Winter, the Government will publish an Online Harms White Paper setting out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to ensure tech companies take more responsibility for the safety of their users.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/12/2018 12:55:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1020046

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage Ofcom to conduct a review into the application of the Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 to services provided by TripAdvisor in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 set out detailed provisions regarding the operation of the defence against liability for defamation created by section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013 for website operators hosting user-generated content. It is for the parties involved to decide whether to follow the procedures specified, which are not obligatory. No information is held on how the provisions have been used in the case of individual website operators.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice intends to carry out a post-implementation review of the working of the Act and the Regulations in 2019. The Government has no plans to invite Ofcom to carry out a review of the Regulations.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/12/2018 15:13:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1020048

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the provisions of the Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 (1) are enforceable, and (2) have been enforced in relation to the operation of TripAdvisor in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 set out detailed provisions regarding the operation of the defence against liability for defamation created by section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013 for website operators hosting user-generated content. It is for the parties involved to decide whether to follow the procedures specified, which are not obligatory. No information is held on how the provisions have been used in the case of individual website operators.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice intends to carry out a post-implementation review of the working of the Act and the Regulations in 2019. The Government has no plans to invite Ofcom to carry out a review of the Regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/12/2018 17:58:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours