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The Online Safety Bill

The Online Safety Bill is a new set of internet laws to protect children and adults. It will place more responsibility on the technology giants to monitor content. Will it succeed?

The Online Safety Bill is a new set of internet laws to protect children and adults. It will place more responsibility on the technology giants to monitor content. Will it succeed?

David Aaronovitch talks to:

Joshua Rozenberg, legal commentator and presenter of Radio 4’s Law In Action programme

Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex

Victoria Nash is the Director, an Associate Professor, and Senior Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute

Gina Neff is the Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge

Produced by: Kirsteen Knight, Claire Bowes and Ben Carter
Edited by: Richard Vadon
Sound engineer: Neil Churchill
Production co-ordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill

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Fri 12 May 2023 11:00
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