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1387638

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that online platforms are obliged to cooperate with the police and with other platforms to pursue perpetrators of abuse on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	92960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will place duties on companies to take responsibility for the safety of their users. All companies will need to take swift and effective action against criminal online abuse. If platforms don’t fulfil their duties, they could face an investigation and enforcement action.</p><p>The Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill published a report on 14 December, having conducted pre-legislative scrutiny on the draft bill. The report included recommendations on cooperation between platforms and law enforcement in relation to identifying the perpetrators of online abuse. We are currently in the process of considering the recommended changes to the legislation that the committee have proposed, including on this issue.</p><p>We are grateful for the committee’s work and we will introduce the Bill as soon as possible, once we have considered their recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/12/2021 15:31:11 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1383406

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to tackle online abuse of school staff.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	84370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The recent increase in online abuse towards school staff is unacceptable. Under the draft Online Safety Bill, companies in scope will need to minimise and remove illegal content including criminal online abuse.</p><p>Major platforms will also need to address legal but harmful content for adults. These companies will have to set out clearly what legal content is acceptable on their platforms and enforce their terms and conditions consistently and transparently.</p><p>If platforms fail in their duties under the Bill, they will face tough enforcement action including fines of up to 10% of global annual qualifying turnover.</p><p>Ministers have regular meetings and discussions with their ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including online abuse. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 84371 84372 question first answered 06/12/2021 16:58:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1383407

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) officials in the Department of Education on tackling online abuse of teachers.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	84371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The recent increase in online abuse towards school staff is unacceptable. Under the draft Online Safety Bill, companies in scope will need to minimise and remove illegal content including criminal online abuse.</p><p>Major platforms will also need to address legal but harmful content for adults. These companies will have to set out clearly what legal content is acceptable on their platforms and enforce their terms and conditions consistently and transparently.</p><p>If platforms fail in their duties under the Bill, they will face tough enforcement action including fines of up to 10% of global annual qualifying turnover.</p><p>Ministers have regular meetings and discussions with their ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including online abuse. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 84370 84372 question first answered 06/12/2021 16:58:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1383408

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has she made of the levels of online abuse of school staff.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	84372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The recent increase in online abuse towards school staff is unacceptable. Under the draft Online Safety Bill, companies in scope will need to minimise and remove illegal content including criminal online abuse.</p><p>Major platforms will also need to address legal but harmful content for adults. These companies will have to set out clearly what legal content is acceptable on their platforms and enforce their terms and conditions consistently and transparently.</p><p>If platforms fail in their duties under the Bill, they will face tough enforcement action including fines of up to 10% of global annual qualifying turnover.</p><p>Ministers have regular meetings and discussions with their ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including online abuse. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 84370 84371 question first answered 06/12/2021 16:58:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1365769

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle mental health problems caused by online abuse.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	69075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2021 answer text <p>We are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 to expand and transform mental health services, including support for those experiencing mental health problems caused by online abuse.</p><p>The Department is also working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office on the draft Online Safety Bill. The draft Bill sets out new duties on companies to keep their users safe online, including from online abuse.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 11/11/2021 10:59:24 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1347290

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) social media platforms on tackling abuse online.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	34044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is wholeheartedly committed to tackling abuse online and we continue to press social media platforms to take a much tougher approach in their response to such abuse. UK Government officials have been working closely with officials in the Welsh Government, throughout the development of the Online Safety Bill, and will continue to engage throughout the legislative process.</p><p>Similarly, UK Government Ministers, including the Home Secretary, and officials regularly meet social media companies to discuss the steps that they are taking to address harmful content on their platforms, including hate crimes and racist abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 20/07/2021 15:50:26 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1347291

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) social media platforms on tackling abuse online.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	34045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Scotland Office officials and officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have been working closely with officials in the Devolved Administrations, including in the Scottish Government, throughout the development of proposals regarding the now published draft Online Safety Bill, and will continue to engage throughout the legislative process.</p><p> </p><p>The new regulatory framework will hold platforms to account for tackling harmful content and behaviours online.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 21/07/2021 10:31:06 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1238675

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, and with whom, about tackling online abuse targeted at women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL8599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, on a variety of issues, including online abuse targeted at women. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"> Gov.uk</a> website.</p><p>The new online harms regulatory framework will require companies to put effective systems and processes in place to protect UK users from harm online. Further details will be included in the full government response to the consultation, which we will publish later this year.</p><p><strong><p><p><p><br></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/10/2020 11:39:32 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1232363

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to strengthen legislation against (a) cyberbullying and (b) online abuse.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	86785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to making the UK the safest place in the world to go online. In April 2019, the government published the Online Harms White Paper, which set out plans to introduce world-leading legislation to make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online. We will establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users which will be overseen by an independent regulator.</p><p>We published the initial government response in February, which set out the direction of travel, and will publish the full government response to the Online Harms White Paper later this year. We will follow the full government response with legislation, which will be ready early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/09/2020 15:39:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1183650

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to tackle online (a) direct or indirect threats of physical or sexual violence against women, (b) targeted harassment of women and (c) privacy violations of women.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	26907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. Companies will be held to account for tackling harms occurring on their platforms, including hate crime, harassment and cyberstalking.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission is also to conducting a second phase of its review of the legal framework around abusive and offensive communications online. This will include considering whether co-ordinated harassment by groups of people online could be more effectively dealt with by the criminal law. The review will make specific recommendations for legal reform and is due to report in early 2021.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/03/2020 10:56:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes