— 10 min read — It is common for people to propose that online services should be required to verify their users’ ages in the interests of improving safety for children. Other people argue that online services should collect the minimum possible amount of information and they have concerns about the implications of introducing systems…
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In this episode we explore the history and genealogy of the DMA – looking at the key inspirations behind it and why it looks the way it looks. Tune in!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
— 13 min read — What does the Online Safety Bill do (in a nutshell)? The Bill grants the UK Government authority to give detailed instructions to some online services about how they should run their operations for UK users. These instructions will cover a broad range of issues related to content and behaviour under…
8 Comments— < 1 min read — The UK government last week published its long-awaited Online Safety Bill. This follows various stages of publication and consultation over the last 3 years that are helpfully summarised in this note from the House of Commons Library. With the Bill running to 213 pages and covering a huge amount of…
Leave a CommentRichard has dug deep in the impressive complexity and ambition of the Online Safety Bill and shares his perspective on how this will change the landscape for tech platforms – and where it will need more work and analysis.
Participants: Richard All…
A company’s social responsibility can be interpreted and handled in different ways, and we have seen the field evolve from CSR to ESG. How does this work relate to public policy work? What is the difference and the overlap? And how should, in general…
Leave a CommentIn this episode we discuss the platform response to the war in Ukraine, and why the most difficult decision may still lie ahead for content moderation experts.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
How do you approach advocacy internally? Should you join a tech giant just to change their ways? Can you change the way a large organization thinks, and if so – how? As a policy professional you have both an opportunity and a duty to voice your opini…
Leave a CommentWe asked for listener questions and you delivered! This episode is based on a question about how to build, think about and work with content policy teams. We discuss content moderation (and why that is a bad term), the distinctions between speech and…
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