HELLO! met with Michelle Donelan, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The situation that we've got at the moment is the law says that children under the age of 13 shouldn't be using these platforms because of data protection issues.
So, it's a little bit similar to when a young person tries to buy alcohol in a supermarket and we do Challenge 25 - they will shoot above to make sure that they're definitely implementing that age restriction.It's a massive leap forward. When I took over the bill, many people said to me, 'You can't make it any stronger for children,' and I felt passionately that this bill at its heart does need to be about children. They need to be protected.
We've worked with campaigners and bereaved families throughout this process, people like Ian Russell, who know only too well the devastating consequences that this can have. It's easy to overlook how important this piece of legislation is. It really is a game-changer in that respect. In fact, they already have been doing that. So, I've been working with the platforms to make sure that this bill is doable and that they can actually adhere to the things within it, and we've seen their behaviour change to date.
We've seen those very public cases like the Molly Russell case, where there were difficulties in acquiring some of the information to ascertain what exactly happened. We want to try and stop that and make that process easier.
Secondly, they have to introduce their terms and conditions because they have to be transparent - if they say they're going to do something, they have to do it. For too long, we've seen some of these social media platforms treating different members of society and different groups of society differently from others. That's not acceptable.
I think it's a massive support knowing that this bill is coming and knowing that we're going to take this zero-tolerance approach when it comes to children. I think personally, having spoken to those parents and parent groups, that there is a sense of relief here that this legislation will provide comfort to them to know that their children won't be exposed to some of the most horrific images. Who knows the untold mental health damage that this is going to cause for our children?I almost feel gobsmacked saying it because it's awful the situation that we've got at the moment.
What we're saying is that the process would be if a platform was encrypted and there was a concern by the Home Office or the police that there was child abuse and sexual exploitation on that encrypted platform, they would work with the regulator to put in place those mitigations, try and prevent and move that and eradicate that abuse and predatory action on that platform.
It may be that it's never needed to be used, but I think that it's morally the right thing to do, that we put that safety net in the legislation in case we ever have to deploy it, because we cannot turn a blind eye to paedophilia.
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