Lord Weir of Ballyholme: ...person can self-declare that they are over 18 in order to access it? I will not rehearse, since they have been gone through a number of times, the dangers for children of early exposure to violent pornography and the impact that will have on respectful relationships, as we know from government reports, and particularly the risk it creates of viewing women as sex objects. It risks...
...by a user and is only visible or audible to that user (no matter for how short a time);”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment makes it clear that, for the purposes of Part 5 (provider pornography), content is within scope of the duties if it is AI-generated content. Amendments 205 to 209 agreed. Clause 72: Duties about regulated provider pornographic content
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: ...by providers of user-to-user services themselves is not regulated by the Bill because providers are liable for the content they publish on the services themselves. Of course, that does not apply to pornography, which we know poses a particular risk to children online and is regulated through Part 5 of the Bill. I will set out in writing, I hope more clearly, for the noble Baroness what is...
Viscount Camrose: .... This was debated on the first day of Report. In addition, all services will need proactively to tackle illegal animal cruelty content where this amounts to an existing offence such as extreme pornography. User-to-user services will be required swiftly to remove other illegal content that targets an individual victim once made aware of its presence. The noble Baroness asked about timing....
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: ...That is because the providers are liable for the content they publish on the service themselves. The one exception to this—as the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, alluded to in her contribution—is pornography, which poses a particular risk to children and is regulated by Part 5 of the Bill. I am pleased to reassure the noble Lord, Lord Clement- Jones, that the Bill—
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: .... I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken on this group. I will start with Amendment 39, tabled by my noble friend Lord Bethell. Under the new duty at Clause 11(3)(a), providers which allow pornography or other forms of primary priority content under their terms of service will need to use highly effective age verification or age estimation to prevent children encountering it where...
Lord Bethell: ...the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. It is relatively easy to stand here and make the case for age verification for porn: it is such a black and white subject and it is disgusting pornography, so of course children should be protected from it. Making the case for the design of the attention economy is more subtle and complex—but it is incredibly important, because it is...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara: ...all companies? That relates perhaps to the other half of the coin that I have just mentioned. The third point, raised by a number of Peers, is: where does all this sit in relation to the review of pornography which was announced recently? A number of questions have been asked about issues which the Minister may be unable to respond to, but I suspect he may also want to write to us on the...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: ...for this Bill. We have listened to concerns raised across your Lordships’ House about ensuring that it includes the most robust protections for children, particularly from harmful content such as pornography. We also recognise the strength of feeling about ensuring the effective use of age-assurance measures, by which we mean age verification and age estimation, given the important role...
Baroness Fox of Buckley: ...protecting children, but I got quite a shock when I saw the series of government amendments. I thought what most people in the public think: the Bill will tackle things such as suicide sites and pornography. We have heard some of that very grim description, and I have been completely convinced by people saying, “It’s the systems”. I get all that. But here we have a series of...
Baroness Fox of Buckley: ...projects and organisations not being regulated at all but this is about an exemption from this regulation. They still have to deal with UK defamation, data protection, charity, counterterrorism and pornography laws, and the common law. Those organisations’ missions and founding articles will require that they do some good in the world. That is what they are all about. The Government...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: ...limited risks posed by published pornographic content. This is consistent with the approach of Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 and its provisions to protect children from commercial online pornography, which did not include text-based content in scope. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford is right to ask whether we think this is enough. These changes certainly help. The...
Viscount Camrose: ...but falls below the criminal threshold, service providers which are likely to be accessed by children will have to take action to protect children from encountering it. This includes cyberbullying, pornography and content which promotes suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. These duties extend to ensuring that systems for targeting content to children, such as the use of algorithms, and...
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to issue guidance on the application of legislation to child pornography generated by artificial intelligence.
Baroness Uddin: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of unregulated pornography websites on the (1) mental, and (2) physical, wellbeing of young people, particularly those who are vulnerable.
Baroness Wheatcroft: ...rather sooner. Let us hope that tomorrow is the day the plan arrives, at long last. I look forward to the Minister enlightening us on that front—it was indeed promised. The subject of online pornography came up in the previous debate. It is impossible to discuss eating disorders without acknowledging the pernicious effect of online sites, which definitely encourage youngsters to see it...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...website and thousands of clicks through to organisations offering support for victims of VAWG. This is the right time to talk about a subject that has been raised by many noble Lords: online pornography. As my noble friend Lady Jenkin has noted, it is deeply alarming. The noble Baronesses, Lady Warwick, Lady Burt, Lady Jones and Lady Thornton, also referred to the subject so I will go into...
Anna McMorrin: ..., and the judge in the family court chose not to take it into consideration. Those children were then placed in the full-time care of their father, who was being investigated for eliciting child pornography. I do not know whether there is anyone here who is not sick to their stomach at what is going on. The UN report confirmed the accounts of the mothers I have spoken to. It found that...
Paul Scully: ...by children, which will include social media platforms, will be required to provide safety measures for child users to protect them from inappropriate and harmful content or activity, such as pornography, bullying and content that promotes or glorifies self-harm, suicide and eating disorders. If they fail to do so, they will be subject to tough enforcement action by the regulator, Ofcom....
Baroness Kidron: ...there must be robust mechanism of measurement of effectiveness so that only effective systems can be used in high-risk situations, particularly those of primary priority harms such as self-harm and pornography, and that such a measurement will be determined by Ofcom, not industry. From my work over the last decade and from recent discussion with industry, I am certain that any regime of...
