The NSPCC has urged the government to end delays around the Online Safety Bill, drawing attention to the thousands of offences that are taking place while the legislation remains in limbo.
The Online Safety Bill has been presented by the government as a ground-breaking law that will protect the privacy and safety of children in the digital sphere. Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries said it will make the UK “the safest place in the world for our children to go online”.
The legislation was due to be discussed in Parliament today (1 November), but has been pushed back once again following the latest leadership crisis in the Conservative Party that saw Rishi Sunak become the new Prime Minister of the UK.
The political turmoil also led the junior minister responsible for delivering the legislation, Damian Collins, to leave his post last week. Since then, no new date has been set for the legislation's return to Parliament.
For every day the bill...