Lord Bethell (Con): My Lords, the issue of access to data for researchers is very familiar to all those involved in debates on the Online Safety Bill, now an Act.

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Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

My Lords, the issue of access to data for researchers is very familiar to all those involved in debates on the Online Safety Bill, now an Act. The issue is relatively simple and I am not going to spell it out in great detail. I will leave it to others to give more concrete examples. The issue is that in the tech industry, there is a vast amount of data about the effect of social media and the impact on consumers of the technologies, algorithms and content that are in circulation. But there is a blackout when it comes to academics, epidemiologists, journalists or even parliamentarians who are t

My Lords, the issue of access to data for researchers is very familiar to all those involved in debates on the Online Safety Bill, now an Act. The issue is relatively simple and I am not going to spell it out in great detail. I will leave it to others to give more concrete examples. The issue is that in the tech industry, there is a vast amount of data about the effect of social media and the impact on consumers of the technologies, algorithms and content that are in circulation. But there is a blackout when it comes to academics, epidemiologists, journalists or even parliamentarians who are t…

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