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EnactedOnline Safety Act 2023

Proposed amendments

40 amendments across 7 provisions

Clause 1 3

Amendment #94758#94758WithdrawnNew clause / schedule
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Insert the following new Clause—
“Purposes of Act

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
Amendment #95846#95846AgreedNew clause / schedule
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Insert the following new Clause—
“Introduction

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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95887#95887WithdrawnNew clause / schedule
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In subsection (2)(a), after “characteristic” insert “, or a combination of characteristics”

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Baroness Merron

Clause 3 7

Amendment #94934#94934Not movedAmends text
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at end insert “or an internet service within subsection (4)(d)”
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Baroness Kidron
Amendment #94935#94935WithdrawnAmends text
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at end insert—
an internet service, other than a regulated user-to-user service or search service, that meets the child user condition and enables or promotes harmful activity and content as set out in Schedule (Online harms to children).”
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Baroness Kidron
Amendment #94936#94936Not movedAmends text
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after second “service” insert “or an internet service within subsection (4)(d)”
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Baroness Kidron
Amendment #95084#95084Not movedAmends text
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at end insert—
For further provision about notices under subsection (6), see section (Further provision about notices under section 3(6)).”
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Baroness Fox of Buckley
Amendment #95085#95085Not movedAmends text
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at end insert—
The Secretary of State must make regulations making provision about how the number of a service’s monthly United Kingdom users is to be determined for the purposes of subsection (5).”
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Baroness Fox of Buckley
Amendment #95086#95086Not movedAmends text
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leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert “a notice given by OFCOM to the provider of the service under this subsection has effect.”
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Baroness Fox of Buckley
Amendment #95087#95087WithdrawnAmends text
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leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert “the service has at least one million monthly United Kingdom users.”
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Baroness Fox of Buckley

Clause 4 4

Amendment #94894#94894WithdrawnAmends text
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at end insert—
This Act does not apply in relation to moderation actions taken, or not taken, by users of a Part 3 service.”
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Lord Moylan
Amendment #94903#94903Not movedAmends text
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at end insert—
““moderation action” means—

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Lord Moylan
Amendment #95083#95083Not movedNew clause / schedule
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Insert the following new Clause—
“Further provision about notices under section 3(6)

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Baroness Fox of Buckley
Amendment #96161#96161Not movedNew clause / schedule
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Insert the following new Clause—
“Removal of exemption

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Lord Moylan

Clause 5 1

Amendment #96081#96081AgreedAmends text
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leave out “section 54” and insert “sections 54 to (“Priority content that is harmful to children”)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Clause 6 11

Amendment #95050#95050WithdrawnAmends text
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after “services” insert “that are not Category 2A services”
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Lord Moylan
Amendment #95234#95234AgreedAmends text
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after “service” insert “is not a Category 2A service and”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95235#95235AgreedAmends text
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after “service” insert “is not a Category 2A service and”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95236#95236AgreedAmends text
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at end insert “, and
the duty about record-keeping set out in section 19(8A).”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95237#95237AgreedAmends text
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at end insert—
the duty about illegal content risk assessments set out in section 9(8A),
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95238#95238AgreedAmends text
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at end insert “(2) to (10)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95239#95239AgreedAmends text
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at end insert “(2) to (6)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95240#95240AgreedAmends text
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at end insert “(2) to (8)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #95254#95254WithdrawnAmends text
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at end insert—
the duties on regulated provider pornographic content set out in section 72.”
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Amendment #96079#96079AgreedAmends text
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leave out “duty about record-keeping set out in section 19(9)” and insert “duties about record-keeping set out in section 19(8A) and (9)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96080#96080AgreedAmends text
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at end insert—
the duties about assessments related to adult user empowerment set out in section (Assessment duties: user empowerment),”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Clause 10 2

Amendment #96078#96078AgreedAmends text
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after “8” insert “and, in the case of services likely to be accessed by children which are Category 1 services, the duties about assessments set out in section (Assessment duties: user empowerment)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96140#96140AgreedAmends text
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at end insert—
features, functionalities or behaviours (including those enabled or created by the design or operation of the service) that are harmful to children”
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Baroness Kidron

Clause 11 12

Amendment #96066#96066AgreedRemoves provision
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Divide Clause 11 into two clauses, the first (Safety duties protecting children) to consist of subsections (1) to (11) and the second (Safety duties protecting children: interpretation) to consist of subsections (12) to (19)
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96072#96072AgreedAmends text
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leave out “subsections (3)(b)” and insert “section 11(3)(b)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96073#96073AgreedAmends text
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leave out “this section” and insert “section 11”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96074#96074AgreedAmends text
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leave out “this section” and insert “section 11”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96075#96075AgreedAmends text
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leave out from beginning to “may” in line 2 and insert “Age verification or age estimation to identify who is or is not a child user or which age group a child user is in are examples of measures which (if not required by subsection (3A))”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96076#96076AgreedAmends text
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at end insert—
The duty set out in subsection (3)(a) requires a provider to use age verification or age estimation (or both) to prevent children of any age from encountering primary priority content that is harmful to children which the provider identifies on the service.
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96077#96077AgreedAmends text
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leave out “(for example, by using age verification)”
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Amendment #96127#96127Not movedAmends text
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leave out subsection (15)
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Lord Russell of Liverpool
Amendment #96128#96128Not movedAmends text
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leave out paragraph (b)
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Lord Russell of Liverpool
Amendment #96139#96139AgreedAmends text
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at end insert—
mitigate the impact of harm to children in different age groups presented by features, functionalities or behaviours enabled or created by the design or operation of the service.”
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Baroness Kidron
Amendment #96162#96162WithdrawnAmends text
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At end insert—
If the duty in subsection (3)(a) relates to pornographic content, the duty applies regardless of the size and capacity of a service.”
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Lord Bethell
Amendment #96249#96249AgreedAmends text
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at end insert—
protect children in age groups judged to be at risk of harm from features, functionalities or behaviours enabled or created by the design or operation of the service”
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Baroness Kidron