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Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Joint Select Committee

The Joint Committee has been appointed to consider the Government's draft Bill to establish a new regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online.

You can follow the Committee on Twitter @OnlineSafetyCom

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Report - Draft Online Safety Bill
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Response to this report
Government Response to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill
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Oral evidence transcripts

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4 November 2021
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Witnesses Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon. Damian Hinds (Minister of State (Minister for Security and Borders) at Home Office), and Sarah Connolly (Director, Security and Online Harms at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
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Oral Evidence
1 November 2021
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Witnesses Ofcom, and Ofcom
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Oral Evidence
28 October 2021
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Witnesses Twitter, and TikTok
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Written evidence

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Wikimedia UK (OSB0134)
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Parent Zone (OSB0250)
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Samaritans (OSB0251)
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Government Responses
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Formal Minutes
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Contact us

The Joint Committee has completed its work on the draft Bill. For questions about the Online Safety Bill please call 020 7219 3251. For questions specifically about the former Joint Committee, please email: draftbills@parliament.uk.

  • Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk
  • Address: Joint Committee on Draft Online Safety Bill, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW