A Bill to make provision about the promotion of online safety; to require internet service providers and mobile phone operators to provide an internet service that excludes adult content; to require electronic device manufacturers to provide a means of filtering internet content; to make provision for parents to be educated about online safety and for regulation of harmful material through on-demand programme services.
House of Lords
11 June 2014
The Online Safety Bill aims to make the online world safer. It would require internet service providers and mobile operators to offer an adult-content-free internet option, and require device manufacturers to include filtering features. It also includes provisions to educate parents about online safety and to regulate harmful material on on-demand streaming services.
It is currently at the Second Reading in the Lords, where the general principles are debated. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny.
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First reading took place on 10 June. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
