The Prime Minister said the Online Safety Bill will continue its progress through Parliament but confirmed the legislation will not be passed in its current form.
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 has said it will make the UK “the safest place in the world for our children to go online”.
In her first PMQS Truss discussed the legislation, saying: “There are some issues that we need to deal with. What I want to make sure is that we protect the under-18s from harm but we also make sure free speech is allowed, so there may be some tweaks required.
“But certainly he is right that we need to protect people’s safety online.”
The bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament, is set to require tech giants like Facebook and Google to protect users from harmful content for the first time...