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
The Online Safety Bill aims to make the online world safer by requiring providers to offer a service that excludes pornographic images and by requiring device makers to include content filtering. It is currently being considered in the Lords at its second reading.
The bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the Lords. If it progresses, it would move through further stages (committee, report, and third readings) and then to the House of Commons.
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No recorded votes for this bill yet.