Make provision about the promotion of online safety; to require internet service providers and mobile phone operators to provide a service that excludes pornographic images; and to require electronic device manufacturers to provide a means of filtering content.
House of Lords
2 May 2012
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The Online Safety Bill aims to make online spaces safer by requiring internet service providers and mobile networks to offer a porn-blocking service, and by requiring electronic device manufacturers to include content filtering controls. The bill has a long parliamentary history, originating in the Lords in 2012, and is currently at the second reading in the House of Lords as it progresses through the legislative process.
The bill is being debated at the second reading in the House of Lords; after this stage it would move through further stages in the Lords before proceeding to the Commons if it progresses.
In the Programme (No. 4) Motion on 5 December 2022 the motion passed 314 votes in favour to 216 against. The government and allied parties supported the measure, while Labour and several opposition parties opposed.
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