Member

At the heart of my amendment are safety-by-design principles, with the responsibility resting firmly with the companies themselves. Noble Lords may be interested to know that I and my team have agreed a statement of principles with more than 40 charities and other organisations including the NSPCC, 5Rights, the Anti-Bullying Alliance, the Centre for Protecting Women Online, the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, the National Children’s Bureau, Coram, the Internet Watch Foundation, the Mental Health Foundation, Mumsnet, Parentkind, the NEU, NASUWT, the Centre for Young Lives and many others. Central to these principles is safety by design, with responsibility resting firmly on the services themselves. My amendment also contains a disapplication of the Online Safety Act safe harbour, which would make enforcement easier for Ofcom; the involvement of Ofcom, the Children’s Commissioner and the medical royal colleges as expert advisers; a requirement for digital literacy provision for children; and a transparency provision.