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Online Abuse

Proceeding contribution from Helen Jones (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 29 April 2019. It occurred during e-petition debate on Online Abuse.

The hon. Lady makes a very valid point. I will move on to legislation shortly.

Our inquiry has led us to conclude that social media companies do not employ enough moderators, or enough suitably trained moderators, to deal with this abuse. Given how much profit they are making, that is frankly scandalous. We also found that there is a lot of confusion about what is the responsibility of social media companies and what is the responsibility of the police. That confusion is often fed by the social media companies themselves.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
659 c3WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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