I will have to write on the second point to try to set that out in further detail. On the question of algorithms, the brief answer is no, algorithms would not be covered in the way a person forwarding on a communication is covered unless the algorithm has been developed with the intention of causing serious self-harm; it is the intention that is part of the test. If somebody creates an algorithm intending people to self-harm, that could be captured, but if it is an algorithm generally passing it on without that specific intention, it may not be. I am happy to write to the noble Baroness further on this, because it is a good question but quite a technical one.
Online Safety Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 22 June 2023.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Online Safety Bill.
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