Gerald Giam on Online Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill
To ensure that children are kept from accessing harmful content online, social media services have to perform age verification checks - but this has proven to be challenging. Making the point in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 8), MP Gerald Giam said it would be better for Internet service providers to block harmful content at the network level by default, with adults being able to opt out for free. Mr Giam proposed that social media services be required to submit quarterly reports listing the types of harmful or inappropriate content or behaviours that have been flagged by users, so that the authorities can keep apprised of the latest trends. He also asked what measures are in place to ensure that enforcement powers are not abused, and what protections there will be for democratic freedoms.
To ensure that children are kept from accessing harmful content online, social media services have to perform age verification checks - but this has proven to be challenging. Making the point in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 8), MP Gerald Giam said it would be better for Internet service providers to block harmful content at the network level by default, with adults being able to opt out for free. Mr Giam proposed that social media services be required to submit quarterly reports listing the types of harmful or inappropriate content or behaviours that have been flagged by users, so that the authorities can keep apprised of the latest trends. He also asked what measures are in place to ensure that enforcement powers are not abused, and what protections there will be for democratic freedoms.
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