I think the Minister is trying to answer the point raised by my noble friend about vulnerable adults. I am interested in the extent to which he is relying on the Equality Act duty on Ofcom then to impact the behaviour of the platforms that it is regulating in respect of how they are protecting vulnerable adults. My understanding is that the Equality Act duty will apply not to the platforms but only to Ofcom in the way that it regulates them. I am unclear how that is going to provide the protection that we want.
Online Safety Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Knight of Weymouth
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 May 2023.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Online Safety Bill.
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