Policing the ‘new normal’: UK’s Online Safety Bill set to toughen rules on harmful content

11th January 2022Gareth Bryon, former Detective Chief Superintendent 2 Comments

With online communication – and social media in particular – highlighting society’s growing prevalence of abuse and the incitement to hatred and violence, the UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill has been welcomed by many as a step towards tackling big tech’s ‘land of the lawless’; Policing Insight contributor Gareth Bryon looks at the background to the Bill, and some of the measures set to be introduced in 2022.

To read this article you need to have an individual paid subscription or subscriber access via your organisation’s corporate subscription.

Please sign in to your account or subscribe to a plan below to read this article.

If your organisation has a corporate subscription please register a FREE account with your organisation email address for full subscriber access.

Email Address or Username:

Password:

Forgot password?

Having problems creating an account or can't sign in? Please e-mail [email protected]

Username: *

Email Address: *

Verify Email Address: *

Captcha: *

A registration to Policing Insight also registers you for access to sister site PolicingTV.

Receive the Policing Insight Weekly Digest Receive the Policing Insight Daily Brief (powered by Media Monitor) I would like to receive information and offers from carefully selected partners of Policing Insight and PolicingTV

Having problems creating an account or can't sign in? Please e-mail [email protected]

Premium Subscription (Annual)

All Articles
Reports
Media Monitor
All PolicingTV Videos
Newsletters (Access all content)

£600 per year

Articles Only Subscription (Annual)

All Articles
Reports
Media Monitor
All PolicingTV Videos
Newsletters (Access all Policing Insight content)

£200 per 12 months

Policing the ‘new normal’: UK’s Online Safety Bill set to toughen rules on harmful content

Request a password reset using the form below