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23 Mar Technology

TikTok Banned On Parliamentary Network Over Data Security Concerns

TikTok will be banned on the parliamentary network as data security concerns grow around the social media giant.

13 Mar Technology

MPs Face TikTok Ban On Government Devices But Critics Say It's "Too Little, Too Late"

The government is set to ban TikTok on government devices after a security review is believed to have identified data risks associated with the Chinese-owned company.

01 Mar Technology

Should MPs Be Worried About Using TikTok?

MPs’ use of TikTok to bolster their personal brands is on the rise, and it’s not just younger parliamentarians on it – Energy Security and Net Zero secretary Grant Shapps is as enthusiastic about posting on the short video app as millennial MPs he shares the green benches with.

01 Mar Social affairs

The Online Safety Bill must go further to hold tech companies accountable for tackling misogynistic abuse online

The long-awaited Online Safety Bill is an example of legislation that is both personal and political for me and many parliamentarians.

16 Feb Technology

Tech Companies Resisting Online Safety Crackdown Shouldn't Be Welcome In The UK, Former Culture Secretary Says

Former Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan has said the UK should not back down on tough new rules that could see tech bosses sent to jail for failing to protect children online even if global firms won't sign up to them as the landmark Online Safety Bill works through parliament.

02 Feb Culture

We can no longer support the Online Safety Bill

Around the world, children are being exposed to violent and inappropriate content online with sometimes devastating results.

17 Jan Culture

The Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to protect women and girls from online Wild West

Almost every woman I know has experienced some form of harassment online.

20 Dec 2022 Political parties

Westminster Is Addicted To Twitter, But Can It Live Without It?

When the political upheaval of partygate, the fall of two prime ministers and the appointment of a third, a porn-watching MP and numerous misconduct allegations tore through Westminster this year, there were few in Whitehall who weren’t refreshing their Twitter feeds every few seconds for their latest fix of the drama.

20 Oct 2022 Communities

The significance of diaspora

More than 150 million Africans form part of what the African Union (AU) describes as Africa’s sixth region, the diaspora.

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21 Jul 2022 Home affairs

Bar Council welcomes BSB consultation on regulation of non-professional conduct

The Bar Standards Board has issued new interim social media guidance and launched a three-month consultation on new social media guidance and the regulation of non-professional conduct.

19 Apr 2022 Culture

The Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to end years of industry inaction on child safety

Olivia (pseudonym) was 15 when she called Childline in despair.

21 Mar 2022 Culture

We finally have an Online Safety Bill with real teeth to regulate harmful online content

Way, way, way back in the day (actually twelve years ago), as minister for technology I responded to a debate called by then MP Claire Perry, who was quite rightly concerned by how easy it was for kids to access adult content online.

Educating millions of young people through Media Smart’s advertising literacy mission

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28 Feb 2022 Education

Educating millions of young people through Media Smart’s advertising literacy mission

As our young people spend longer online each day, and the government looks to new measures to make the UK the safest place in the world to go online, it is crucial that more is done to ensure children and adults have higher levels of digital literacy.

21 Feb 2022 Culture

MPs Call For A Crackdown On "Extreme Dieting" Posts To Be Added To The Online Safety Bill

Content promoting or glamorising "extreme" diets and exercise regimes could be severely restricted on social media platforms under the government’s Online Safety Bill.

14 Jan 2022 Culture

Online Safety Bill must strengthen child protection after record surge of online child sexual abuse in 2021

Discussions about the Online Safety Bill have often been dominated by debates about freedom of speech, online anonymity, or abuse of public figures. These are all important topics to be discussed ahead of regulations, but the most pressing issue which this Bill needs to tackle is online child sexual abuse.

27 Nov 2021 Parliament

Battling For Body Image

For the generation growing up in the age of social media, pressure to look, feel and live a certain way can be crippling. As social networks bombard young people with unrealistic expectations of beauty, health and happiness, the vulnerable are looking to Parliament for action. Noa Hoffman reports

22 Nov 2021 Economy

Social war: Will the Online Safety Bill keep us safe?

From Myspace to the Metaverse, our online space has changed dramatically over the last two decades – and now legislation is having to play catch up. Georgina Bailey reports on whether the much-heralded Online Safety Bill can bring about the changes needed.

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18 Nov 2021 Health

Betting And Gaming Council welcomes betting ad opt-out on Facebook

Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council have welcomed the news that Facebook are to introduce an opt-out for the vast majority of betting adverts on their platform.

We need to put power back in the hands of the people online

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08 Oct 2021 Culture

We need to put power back in the hands of the people online

Facebook and Google's consumer data is worth billions. It’s time for "take back control" to apply to the online world too.

07 Oct 2021 Culture

The Online Safety Bill must live up to its name

Frances Haugen forensically put forward a devasting picture of how Facebook puts “profit over people”. The long awaited Online Safety Bill must curb the unfettered power of the tech sector and prioritise child safety.

29 Sep 2021 Political parties

Where Are They Now? Former Labour MP Anna Turley on abuse and life post-Parliament

“You can’t pick your era in politics,” says Anna Turley, former MP for Redcar.

13 Aug 2021 Coronavirus

Fake NHS Covid Vaccine Certificates Offered For £200 On Telegram Anti-Vaccine Groups

Exclusive: Counterfeit NHS vaccine certificates are being offered for sale through an encrypted messaging app, PoliticsHome has learned.

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21 Jul 2021 Home affairs

Reforms to protect victims of online abuse and safeguard freedom of expression announced

16 Jul 2021 Health

Tory Co-Chair Of Parliamentary Eating Disorder Group Accused Of "Fat Shaming" NHS Nurse

Conservative MP Scott Benton, who is co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for eating disorders, has been accused of "fat shaming" a Labour councillor and NHS nurse on Twitter.