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John Nicolson
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(2 years, 8 months ago)
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John Nicolson (Ochil and South Perthshire) (SNP)
The Online Safety Bill was published last week. MPs on both sides of the House wanted Zach’s law to be included, to protect children with epilepsy from cruel thugs who send flashing images online to trigger epileptic attacks. How many children would this measure save, and why was it not included in the Bill?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Chris Philp)
The epilepsy measures are being considered by the Ministry of Justice, but the new communications offence in clause 150 will capture epilepsy trolling because it is engaged where a communication is sent with the intention of causing serious distress.