{"id":8635,"date":"2023-01-17T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T16:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:37:42","slug":"donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Donelan confirms stiffer online safety measures after backbench pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One new provision targets senior managers at tech platforms who ignore Ofcom enforcement notices <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/17\/age-checks-trolls-and-deepfakes-whats-in-the-online-safety-bill\">Explainer: what\u2019s in the online safety bill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tech executives who \u201cconnive\u201d in ignoring regulatory warnings to protect children from online harms face up to two years in jail under changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2023\/jan\/16\/tech-bosses-face-jail-if-they-fail-to-keep-children-safe-online-after-commons-deal\">landmark legislation<\/a> announced by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, <a href=\"https:\/\/questions-statements.parliament.uk\/written-statements\/detail\/2023-01-17\/hcws500\">confirmed<\/a> that the online safety bill would be amended after pressure from Conservative backbenchers. The new provision will target senior managers at tech platforms who ignore enforcement notices from Ofcom, the communications watchdog, about breaches of the legislation\u2019s child safety duties.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/17\/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dfb6cbe8253af0834ea912371fc114d85aa8de5c\/0_0_5376_3227\/master\/5376.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cdfe6b7e2a70716d3e644411baba6ba3\" title=\"Donelan confirms stiffer online safety measures after backbench pressure\" \/>One new provision targets senior managers at tech platforms who ignore Ofcom enforcement notices<br \/>\nExplainer: what\u2019s in the online safety bill<br \/>\nTech executives who \u201cconnive\u201d in ignoring regulatory warnings to protect children from online harms face up to two years in jail under changes to landmark legislation announced by the government.<br \/>\nThe culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, confirmed that the online safety bill would be amended after pressure from Conservative backbenchers. The new provision will target senior managers at tech platforms who ignore enforcement notices from Ofcom, the communications watchdog, about breaches of the legislation\u2019s child safety duties. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One new provision targets senior managers at tech platforms who ignore Ofcom enforcement notices Explainer: what\u2019s in the online safety bill Tech executives who \u201cconnive\u201d in ignoring regulatory warnings to protect children from online harms face up to two years in jail under changes to landmark legislation announced by the government. The culture secretary, Michelle &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Donelan confirms stiffer online safety measures after backbench pressure<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}