Laura Kinsella Foundation

Interesting thread. @InternetClean @Kinsellas

@Afzal4Gorton Great initiative thanks. You might like to see the research published at @InternetClean about disinformation and vaccine conspiracies, and what can be done to tackle it. @kinsellas

@MarkTaber_FII @jimconey Yes, what justification is there for allowing these accounts to pop up, receive large transfers from various accounts and immediately empty them? If banks were made responsible for fraud they would soon find a solution.

@jimconey Also banks could starve scammers out of existence by depriving them of ability to receive funds from victims. Proper AML, payee ID, suspicious transaction screening & vulnerable customer processes would do it. Hardly rocket science.

Bloody Google. As I’ve been saying for two years now, scams should have been part of Online Harms Bill. It is shameful that bank chief executives have been so reticent to speak out on this issue. They’ve let their customers down badly

@AlexDaviesJones @CommonsDCMS @JoStevensLabour Who says "later this year" in December? Maybe the answer was published a month early in error.

🚨 The UK Gov appear to have confirmed that their long-awaited #onlineharms paper will be published *this* year. With only a few weeks to go until the end of the year, I won't hold my breath but am extremely hopeful that they keep to their word... @CommonsDCMS @JoStevensLabour

@compinpolitics @Siobhan_Baillie @timesredbox @MoreUnitedUK @CentenaryAction @hopenothate @EngenderScot @CarolineLucas @Debbie_abrahams This raises an important issue. We are a Stroud constituent that set up @InternetClean to tackle some of these issues and would be happy to discuss them with you. @Kinsellas

"We cannot let the bullies win." @Siobhan_Baillie writes for @timesredbox on why the govt needs to use the upcoming Online Harms Bill to put an end to online abuse @MoreUnitedUK @CentenaryAction @hopenothate @EngenderScot @CarolineLucas @Debbie_abrahams thetimes.co.uk/article/no-one…

@VictimsComm @Catch22 Some very important comments here. @InternetClean

It was an honour to join the @Catch22 panel on #OnlineHarms today. I encourage you to read this fantastic Twitter thread in full. Online harms are relatively recent phenomena and regulation has simply not kept pace, leaving many exposed to significant harm. We must do more.

@LordIanAustin @adamlangleben You might want to look at the proposals put forward by @InternetClean to tackled the worst excesses of anonymous accounts.

@adamlangleben Of course social media should be regulated. You couldn’t set up a company to post anonymous and untrue hate mail about someone through other people’s doors. Newspapers are accountable for what they publish. Why should social media companies who compete with them be exempt?

Being on the receiving end of a lot of anonymous trolls I have immense sympathy with this. That being said, I think the moment western democratic countries ban such anonymity, that's the moment dictatorships follow and people who genuinely need such freedom of expression lose it.

So important to debate this issue. @InternetClean

@AlexDaviesJones @NickKristof Couldn't agree more. The free speech/libertarian brigade are either wilfully missing the point or acting as "useful idiots" behind which other commercial interests are sheltering. We have waited too long for this Bill. @InternetClean

What an article from @NickKristof 👏 This isn’t about banning porn, it’s about protecting children. This isn’t about consensual sex, it’s about glorifying rape and sexual assault. This is why we desperately need the vital Online Harms Bill👇

@edfryer @damiengayle @Direthoughts Thanks ✌️ we were trying to find who co-ordinated this. If you look at #onlineharms you’ll find there’s been a large number of bots sending out these tweets in addition to real accounts.

@toadmeister @JonAshworth What "pressure" could have been applied by a party that has not been in government for over 10 years? When will you start to take some responsibility for the party and the policies you support?

@caitlinmoran @Sathnam We have made proposals at @InternetClean to deal with abuse of anonymity. Would welcome your views.

@Sathnam I just don't understand why someone hasn't come along and offered the market a "not Twitter": a social media platform with no anonymised accounts, with firm rules and regulations agreed to when you open your account. it can't be that hard??? Millions would want it.

Neville Southall now devotes his time to helping people under siege mol.im/a/8695591 via @MailSport

Trump and his GOP lackeys know they can't win this election with reality-based appeals to voters, so they're relying on outright lies and manipulation. We don't need Zuckerberg's philanthropy. We need him to serve as a check on their propaganda.

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Seen on a list of Government consultations today. Perhaps they would like to widen the scope, @Kinsellas Closing: 21/08/2020 Northern Ireland Government - The Prohibition of U-Turns (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 | See here

@wesstreeting We have some sensible proposals at @InternetClean to reduce the incidence of both abusive/threatening language and disinformation online. Would welcome your input.

With you 100%, Dawn. There’s no excuse for this kind of abuse and racism against anyone. Social media companies must act and, where necessary, the Police.

@froomkin The social media companies could do far more to help average users assess which other accounts are trustworthy. There are some sensible proposals at @InternetClean for example. Why would Twitter not take them up if it cares for its regular genuine users?

This is a dramatic, important call to arms from people I trust, to fight virus misinformation with “a communication response that matches the threat, which includes optimizing social media and search capabilities for trustworthy results bolstered by expertise.”

@catherinerowett @twose_brian Twitter needs to have a report button that simply says "look at the state of this". As for the fake accounts, there are a range of sensible proposals at @InternetClean for how to deal with some of the excesses.

@twose_brian Yes, I can't make out whether they're ordinary folk wound up to great anger and nastiness by the nasty messaging they receive on their social media, or whether they're trolls maintained by undercover malign influences, out to create disunity and make mayhem. I reported one.

@catherinerowett I'm sorry about those attacks on you yesterday from people who I follow, they crossed a line. I've tried to have a broad spectrum of opinions on my TL, I've noticed a couple of accounts in the past, seemingly pop up and troll good people, I've blocked them. 1/