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Petitions Committee evidence session

This week, Clean Up The Internet was invited to give evidence to the House Of Commons Petitions Committee, as part of their inquiry into...

Growing parliamentary support for solutions to the misuse of anonymity on social media

Clean Up The Internet took part in a very encouraging meeting in parliament last week, to discuss proportionate solutions to problems...

Our letter to Twitter regarding racist abuse on their platform

Clean Up The Internet wrote to Twitter two weeks ago, regarding claims made by the company about the nature of racist Tweets directed at...

Reflections on the draft Online Safety Bill

There’s much to welcome in the UK government's publication of a draft Online Safety Bill. It’s been a long time now since the publication...

Recent Westminster parliamentary discussion of online harms, anonymity, abuse and misinformation

Since the government set out its plans for an “Online Safety Bill” on 15 Dec 2020, there have been few formal developments. However there...

Tackling "Anonymous Mindless Idiots" - How could user verification on social media work in practice?

The government’s planned Online Safety Bill needs to include powers for the new regulator, Ofcom, to require Social Media Platforms to act t