The government’s Online Safety Bill has good points – online safety for everyone especially the vulnerable – and bad points – reducing the privacy of law abiding citizens is no way to combat serious crime – make sure you know how it could impact you. Forgetting the party political message here, the idea of actually legislating for the algorithms that the Big Tech companies use to deliver that “profit making” content to minors and the vulnerable has to be a good idea, that we can all get behind:
Labour pledges to toughen ‘weakened and gutted’ online safety bill | Internet safety | The Guardian
Smart Thinking Solutions supports this UK Government initiative:
Let’s stop abuse together – Stop Abuse Together (campaign.gov.uk)
Further Reading
Online Safety Bill articles (Smart Thinking Solutions)
Online Safety Act publications – Parliamentary Bills – UK Parliament
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Please Note:
I am on leave so the news this week is “in brief”. You can still contact me via the contact page and Octagon Technology.
