a record low. and in the australian open, andy murray beats italian matteo berrettini in a thrilling five set first round match. hello and welcome to the programme. social media bosses could face jail if they repeatedly fail to protect children from online harm, under new changes to the online safety bill. the prime minister rishi sunak agreed to calls for tougher punishments as part of the legislation after his own backbench mps prepared to vote against the bill. the new legislation begins its final stages in the house of commons today but lucy powell, labour s shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, says the bill doesn t go far enough.
feeling across parliament that something needs to pass through, so i think this will go through the commons later today with the promise from the government that when it goes through the lords it will be beefed up to include new measures which could ultimately mean jail for tech bosses. which could ultimately mean ail for teen bosses let s speak now to dr victoria baines, an it professor at gresham college, specialised in the field of online trust, safety and cybersecurity. thank you for speaking to us. what do you make of the online safety bill and all that it promises? the online safety bill and all that it promises? tue: online safety bill bill and all that it promises? tte: online safety bill was bill and all that it promises? tt2 online safety bill was in pretty good shape and as your colleague said it has gone through a number of years of consultation and a number of revisions, and lots of debate in parliament, so in some senses it is disappointing to be getting a last minute
if they repeatedly fail to protect children from online harm. the prime minister rishi sunak agreed to calls for tougher punishments as part of the legislation after his own backbench mps prepared to vote against the bill. the new legislation begins its final stages in the house of commons today but lucy powell, labour s shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, says the bill doesn t go far enough. we would go further in terms of the measures that tech bosses would be accountable for so we are notjust looking at the narrow issue of directly causing harm to children, which is what really the bill has now been massively scaled back to focus on. so issues, as you said in your opening, like viral misogyny, racist abuse, state or far right disinformation, self harm promotion, all these things that proliferate online would not actually be included in some of these measures because the bill has now been scaled
social media bosses could face jail if they repeatedly fail to protect children from online harm, under new changes to the 0nline safety bill. the prime minister rishi sunak agreed to calls for tougher punishments as part of the legislation after his own backbench mps prepared to vote against the bill. the new legislation begins its final stages in the house of commons today but lucy powell, labour s shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, says the bill doesn t go far enough. we would go further in terms of the measures that tech bosses would be accountable for so we are notjust looking at the narrow issue of directly causing harm to children, which is what really the bill has now been massively scaled back to focus on. so issues, as you said in your opening, like viral misogyny, racist abuse, state or far right disinformation, self harm promotion, all these things that proliferate online would not actually be included in some of these measures
then moved to online messages, where it became all consuming. he was told constantly how worthless he was, how ugly he was, how he should kill himself, how he should hang himself and video it. it was just it wasn t the same person every day. it might be, but it was somebody every day said something. and because of the nature of social media, itjust became. ..all encompassing. and that became his life. and itjust depleted him. it is a modern day nightmare for parents difficult to understand, and even harder to prevent. lucy wants stricter control of social media, better education for young people, tougher laws, more responsibility taken by the companies, but is concerned that this online safety bill doesn t go far enough.