well, ithink, you know, you re reading out from caroline nokes and william wragg, two of about, i think, half a dozen mps that have spoken out against the prime minister. the others, therefore, haven t. i think most mps in the parliamentary party would be in the position i m in of saying, well, we think the prime minister s right to apologise. it s right that we re having this independent report. we want to see what that report says, know what the facts are, as can be established by sue gray, before making any decisions. and until that time, the prime minister has my support and the support of the vast majority of conservative mps. now, you have focused much of your time and energy in parliament in recent years leading an effort to make a safer, more if i can use the word again trustworthy environment online. you headed up the culture select committee for some years you don t any more but still you re a key player in trying to push through the british parliament legislati
the prime minister has my support and the support of the vast majority of conservative mps. now, you have focused much of your time and energy in parliament in recent years leading an effort to make a safer, more if i can use the word again trustworthy environment online. you headed up the culture select committee for some years you don t any more but still you re a key player in trying to push through the british parliament legislation on online safety. do you believe, as you once said, still, that online is a wild west culture ? i do, and it s partly because of the kind of self governing regime that exists within the internet and the big tech companies. they largely, at the moment, police themselves. they share a minimum amount of information about what they do, the decisions they take, how effective they really are at removing harmful content and hate speech. and we re often reliant on investigative journalists or whistle blowers like frances haugen, who recently spoke out