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Viscount Colville of Culross (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 September 2024

Debate

Electronic Media: False Information

Contribution

My Lords, we have seen the first charge under the Online Safety Act’s false communications offence. To facilitate further prosecutions for false communications, can the Minister support statutory guidance to further define the term “non-trivial psychological harm” on a likely audience caused by disinformation?

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