🔴 Miriam Cates, who drafted the amendment alongside fellow Tory MP Sir Bill Cash and child safety charity the NSPCC, told i that the changes would significantly ‘strengthen’ the Bill
The amendment would mean senior executives could face two years in jail if there was evidence they were involved in their company’s breach of child safety duties. Those include ensuring children do not view pornography or content promoting self-harm, eating disorders and suicide.
Miriam Cates, who drafted the amendment alongside fellow Tory MP Sir Bill Cash and child safety charity the NSPCC, told“The scale of the harm is recognised in the Online Safety Bill, but at the moment the only punishment for a company that fails to comply with the new child protection requirements is a corporate fine,” she said.the safest place for children online
, then we must give the Online Safety Bill the teeth it needs to hold the tech companies to account.” The Prime Minister’s spokesperson said on Friday that Mr Sunak was “aware that there are a number of amendments [to the Bill] which will be considered in the usual way”.
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