Committees

Tackling Online Abuse

Inquiry

The Petitions Committee has launched an inquiry into tackling online abuse, to consider issues raised in a number of petitions from the last Parliament and to follow up on the Committee’s previous inquiry into online abuse and the experiences of disabled people. The inquiry will resume in the wake of the Government's publication of its draft Online Safety Bill in May.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Second Report - Tackling online abuse
Inquiry Tackling Online Abuse
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Second Special Report - Tackling Online Abuse: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report
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Second Special Report - Tackling Online Abuse: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report
Inquiry Tackling Online Abuse
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Oral evidence transcripts

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1 December 2021
Inquiry Tackling Online Abuse
Witnesses Chris Philp MP (Minister for Tech and Digital Economy at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), and Orla MacRae (Deputy Director for Online Harms Regulation at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
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Oral Evidence
23 November 2021
Inquiry Tackling Online Abuse
Witnesses Dr Nicholas Hoggard (Lawyer at Law Commission), Professor Penney Lewis (Commissioner at Law Commission), Katy Minshall (Head of UK Public Policy at Twitter), Rebecca Stimson (UK Head of Public Policy at Meta), and Theo Bertram (Director of Government Relations and Public Policy for Europe at TikTok)
Committees Petitions Committee
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Oral Evidence
16 November 2021
Inquiry Tackling Online Abuse
Witnesses Seyi Akiwowo (Founder and CEO at Glitch), Andy Burrows (Head of Child Safety Online Policy at NSPCC), Ellen Judson (Senior Researcher at Demos), William Perrin OBE (Trustee at Carnegie Trust UK), Dr Bertie Vidgen (Research Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute), and Stephen Kinsella OBE (Founder at Clean up the Internet)
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Written evidence

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TOA0020 - Tackling Online Abuse
Witnesses Epilepsy Society
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TOA0019 - Tackling Online Abuse
Witnesses NSPCC
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TOA0018 - Tackling Online Abuse
Witnesses Protection Approaches
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