A A few weeks ago, while visiting the NSPCC, I met young people who spoke candidly about their lives online, the good and the bad. Several of them told me that he was frightened: that he was frightened, that he was frightened; scarcely of worship; and of scarcely anything they could see next, the book.
Many of these children were left crazy by the horrific pictures and videos they had seen online. Some of them felt powerless in the face of an anonymous algorithm that fed them more and more content about this trouble. The quest was difficult. Even if they managed to disturb one place, they knew it wouldn’t be long before they saw the other.
I spoke with volunteers, many of whom had spent many nights on call helping children who had fallen victim to the growing epidemic of online crime. Some of these children had been contentedly dragged under the stormy waves promoting death and self-harm. Others struggle to find work after their photos are taken by online predators or shared by classmates.
I’ve heard stories about how hard it is to bear. He was also angry. In the last few decades we have seen thousands of cases like this – and we have done nothing. Faced with such damning evidence of our collective failure to keep people safe, we must ask ourselves how we got here. How he allowed us to be free Cultivation of predators on social media he promised his parents a safe future. How did we stand when roommates posted offensive pictures of women online, forcing them to live forever with the knowledge that thousands had seen them at their most vulnerable? How have we failed to prevent fraudsters from scamming elderly people out of the savings they have spent their working lives on?
A decade of indecision and procrastination was lost at a terrible loss of life. Many families it is already late. Nothing we do now will bring back his people. But we owe this to them so that no more lives are carelessly lost to this pestilence.
That the draft codes are illegal Ofcom Today they announced the biggest change ever to online safety policy. There is no internet where terrorists and child abusers can act with impunity. Because for the first time, tech firms will be forced to proactively take down illegal areas of our internet. If they don’t, they will incur huge amounts of money and, if need be, Ofcom can go to court to block access to their platforms in Britain.
The codes will make it easier for police and regulators to report fraud and scams in the areas where they occur. At the same time, they will make it more difficult for strangers to contact children online and also use automated tools that can detect them. child sexual abuse material
Today we have also established the criteria for the areas that are to be used for further services under the Online Safety Act. This summer, we’ve seen how far and how fast false rumors — often deliberately initiated by racist aggressors — were. the spread of large online servicesthe hatred poured into the streets up and down the country.
In my opinion, it means that the most popular platforms (known as category 1) have been forced to remove their terms of service, containing harmful content, which, although legal for adults, contradicts the promises made to the people who use them.
The online world we’ve built is a huge, priceless experiment. We took great company in the unknown. Young people Today it must contend with challenges that no other generation in history has faced. But doubt cannot excuse the cessation. If there is no blue print to combat this epidemic, then we must do it ourselves.
The illegal codes that Ofcom has put in place today are truly world-leading. They will make Britain one of the safest places in the world online. But I hope that they will also give citizens the confidence to offer extraordinary opportunities that the analog world just can’t offer.
Some compare social media to cigarettes; they strike parallels. Today we mark the end of the age of denial and willful ignorance. As we did when he spoke to the roof while smokingBy accepting our failures, we find the courage to come up with our own answers. But there’s a big difference: while you can’t smoke safely, I believe you’re safe online.
I also spoke to the children about the reasons why, although they see dangers, they still enter. The Internet today helps people learn new things and stay in touch with distant family. It could soon be helped to find good jobs or meet a future partner. If they return to volunteer at the NSPCC, the internet provides a lifeline to vulnerable children who can’t find the support they need at home.
No matter what they want to do, I want them to be able to look back and recognize that everything has changed at this moment. Because the work to build a better world has finally begun.