www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/02/03/online-misogyny-set-outlawed/
Misogynistic abuse should be banned online, the Government believes.
Michelle Donelan, the Culture Secretary, is understood to believe the Online Safety Bill has the power to stamp out attacks on women on the internet.
Under the new Online Safety Bill, currently being finalised, social media firms will be required by law to abide by their terms and conditions, which generally bar misogynistic abuse. Failure to enforce them will result in fines, and their services could be blocked by Ofcom, the online watchdog.
Interesting to compare to the Scottish Government’s approach to misogyny, and what sort of concerns are “valid”. Also interesting that there is an amendment which the government might have to accept:
However, a group of Tory peers including Baroness Morgan; Baroness Bertin, a former aide to David Cameron; and Baroness Newlove, a former victims’ commissioner, plan to put forward an amendment that would see the law go further.
The amendment would give Ofcom the power to fine social media companies up to 10 per cent of their global turnover if they failed to abide by a code outlawing online misogyny. The Labour Party will back it, raising the prospect that the Government may have to compromise or face defeat.