Online Safety
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About Online Safety
Australians are increasingly connecting online through computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to access the internet and social media. . . .
Molly Russell: Tech firms still failing after teenager's death, says father
... Online Safety campaigner Mr Russell said " six years after Molly died, this must now be seen as a fundamental systemic failure that will continue to cost young lives"...
Suicide forum blocked to most UK users after Ofcom pressure
... Ofcom took responsibility for harmful online content when the Online Safety Act became law last month...
First Online Safety Act guidance for tech platforms targets grooming
... This first draft code of practice published by Ofcom in its role enforcing the Online Safety Act covers activity such as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming and fraud...
Sky and TalkTalk block suicide website linked to 50 deaths
... Following the publication of the BBC investigation, administrators of the controversial pro-suicide site have posted a message on its front page claiming that UK digital regulator Ofcom had " threatened to block this site under the newly passed Online Safety Bill"...
Online Safety Bill: Beefed up internet rules become law
...After years of debate, the government s controversial Online Safety Bill, which aims to make the internet safer for children, has become law...
'Failure to act' on suicide website linked to 50 UK deaths
... New criminal offencesThe UK government says that the Online Safety Bill, due to receive royal assent shortly, should address many of these issues...
Georgia Harrison 'had talks' about becoming Labour MP
... The Online Safety Bill was amended in June, meaning it will become - the sharing of an intimate image or video without consent...
Ofcom online safety director suspended over anti-Israel posts
...Ofcom s Online Safety supervision director has been suspended after anti-Israel comments were posted on her Instagram account...
Georgia Harrison 'had talks' about becoming Labour MP
By James GregoryBBC News
TV personality Georgia Harrison has said she has had " serious conversations" with Labour MPs About a bid to represent The Party in Essex.
The former Love Island star, 28, told she felt Britain needed " more Normal People going into politics".
Ms Harrison has campaigned On Violence against women and Girls - and hopes a run for Parliament would inspire Girls .
Her ex-partner Stephen Bear was jailed earlier this year for posting intimate footage of her online.
About The possibility of becoming a Labour candidate, She Said : " I had serious conversations with a couple of Labour MPs About if I could run for Essex, and they said it would be possible.
" They told me to go away and think About it. They said if I was being serious About running for an MP it is something that they would support me with.
" I think also for little Girls Growing Up seeing someone Like Me running for an MP would be quite inspiring.
" We need more Normal People going into politics. "
It has Not Yet been confirmed whether Ms Harrison will become a parliamentary candidate, nor which constituency she might run in.
Each of Essex's 18 parliamentary constituencies are held by Conservative MPs, including Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and former Home Secretary Priti Patel .
She started criminal proceedings against Bear in 2020. He had used CCTV cameras in his garden to capture them having sex before sending it to a friend and uploading it to OnlyFans - None of which Ms Harrison consented to.
At his sentencing hearing in March, for voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.
Speaking at The Labour Party conference in Liverpool earlier this month, Ms Harrison said The Years waiting for her case to be heard had been " detrimental To My career and my Mental Health , which was really hard for me".
She also called for sexual assault victims to be prioritised in The justice system to prevent them going through The same wait as her.
The Online Safety Bill was amended in June, meaning it will become - The sharing of an intimate image or video Without Consent .
The Amendment removed The requirement for prosecutors to prove perpetrators intended to cause distress to secure a conviction.
To become a Labour MP, prospective candidates need to be party members and win a selection process, determined by The Party , for a particular seat, before they are able to stand at a general election.
Bbc News has contacted Labour and Ms Harrison's representatives for further comment.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com