Regulating online harms is tricky. Let's hope this doesn't become a lesson in the law of unintended consequences. #onlineharms #techpolicy "Social media firms risk ‘humongous’ fines if they grant access to under-13s" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/05/social-media-firms-risk-humongous-fines-if-they-grant-access-to-under-13s

Like piracy & people trafficking:
Google, Visa and Mastercard are being used to fuel the deepfake porn economy https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/deepfake-porn-ai-mr-deep-fake-economy-google-visa-mastercard-download-rcna75071 #onlineharms #digitalmarketsact #CSAM #stophate4profit

Yours truly is editing the Routledge Handbook of #SocialMedia, #Law and #Society.

The #CFP is out. Final call for 250 word abstracts - due 20 January 2023 👇

#onlineviolence #data #privacy #onlineharms #governance #speech #onlinesafety #harms #governance #socialmedia

New #Blog: Investigating An Abusive Email
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/general/investigating-the-cause-of-a-hate-mail.html

#abuse #analysis #anonymity #cloudflare #email #government #kazakhstan #onlineharms #osint #ukraine

Investigating An Abusive Email
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/general/investigating-the-cause-of-a-hate-mail.html

#abuse #analysis #anonymity #cloudflare #email #government #kazakhstan #onlineharms #osint #ukraine

Yes, what *you* really want for Christmas is the NEW edition of #CarnegieUK #OnlineHarms newsletter! All your #OnlineSafetyBill news, without having to go anywhere near the new 260-page version of the Bill itself. 🎁

Ho, ho, ho. 🎅🏻 ⬇️
https://mailchi.mp/carnegieuk.org/online-harms-newsletter-20december?e=7c39cfaebe

Twitter has disbanded the volunteer group which advised it on self-harm, child abuse and hate speech #Stophate4Profit #childprotection #Onlineharms #OnlineSafety #digitalmarketsact #digitalservicesact
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63907708

Not Politico’s finest work - honestly you’ll know less about both the #dsa and the #onlineharms bill after reading it than you did before https://eupolicy.social/@politico_eu_bot@social.espeweb.net/109464722388059997

Special bumper bonus edition of
#CarnegieUK #OnlineHarms newsletter out today, rounding up all the last week's #OnlineSafetyBill developments, analysis and commentary before the whole business starts again in earnest at Commons Report this pm. ⬇️ https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=fdd1f72ce158fc0034d5c1e40&id=47881006a7

Current list of amendments for #OnlineSafetyBill report day 2 here, including long-promised flashing images offence. (Recently trailed new offences from Govt aren't yet tabled.) https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0121/amend/onlinesafety_rm_rep_1128.pdf

Get back up to speed with the Parliamentary twists and turns to date with this excellent reference doc from Commons library: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9579/

Plus, PLUG! *NEW* Carnegie UK Trust #OnlineHarms letter out today. Sign up here: https://carnegieuktrust.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=fdd1f72ce158fc0034d5c1e40&id=2ac7609664

A snapshot of public opinion on #OnLineHarms

https://demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Online-Harms-A-Snapshot-of-Public-Opinion-1.pdf

TODAY: Join us at 2 p.m. for a CIGF fireside chat with Emily Laidlaw and Michael Lee-Murphy on the Online Safety Expert Group’s work, #billC26 and the future of safety on the Canadian internet.

If you haven't registered, there's still time!⏱️

#Canada #internet #onlineharms

REGISTER: http://canadianigf.ca/register

Gosh civil society is really divided over the #onlineharms bill aren't they

@jwp you mean #SystemicRacism #InternetNZ #OnlineHarms 🤓🫣😀

The independent review of systemic racism within #internet #nz centered around an #onlineharms incdient and lack of reaponsiveness to it, has been released. https://internetnz.nz/assets/Archives/Internet-NZ-Independent-review-Report-FINAL-VERSION-v2.pdf

The YouTube Effect "presenting dangers and challenges that make the world a more perilous place."

https://www.yteffect.com/ #youtube #onlineharms #onlinesafetybill #DSA #digitalservicesact

RT @YouTubeEffect@twitter.com

Long Island! See our film at @port_doc@twitter.com, tonight at 7pm, @TheatreIII@twitter.com, followed by a pre-recorded Zoom Q&A with director Alex Winter!

Tickets: https://portjeffdocumentaryseries.com/ticketsvenues/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/YouTubeEffect/status/1594705755155857410

Australia, Fiji, Ireland and the UK are launching a network of regulators to think about regulation of content / online harms.

It's unclear what the aims of the network will be regarding the DSA, and especially how it plans to interact with European regulators.

Does anyone know?

#contentregulation #disinformation #onlineharms #DSA

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/regulators-collaborate-through-new-global-network-to-counter-online-harm

For anyone interested in #OnlineHarms, the #OnlineSafetyBill and an overview of the latest news on wider digital and tech policy and research in the UK and further afield, the team at Carnegie UK - including myself, @willperrin & @LornaWoods - collate interesting bits and pieces in our fortnightly newsletter. It's not a bad read, even if I say so myself, and the latest edition is out today.

Take a look here, sign up if you like it and do share if useful. https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=fdd1f72ce158fc0034d5c1e40&id=17b93b7745

So, how will the UK government impose their dopey 'online harms' bill on a federated network?

#onlineharms

RT @NetopiaEU@twitter.com

Spotify on Netflix Brings out Old Frenemies

"Did The Pirate Bay want to help artists? Artists did not ask them to upset the economic system that sustained their livelihood." https://www.netopia.eu/spotify-netflix-brings-old-frenemies/ #tpb #netflix #piracy #digitalservicesact #DarkWeb #onlineharms #MastodonSocial

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1589718140967350273