Baroness Benjamin: I too am concerned regarding societal violence that is directed against women; but per the evidence I submitted to Parliament — https://medium.com/@alecmuffett/on-the-digital-economy-bill-1df356862ac2 — Part 3 of the Digital Economy Bill is not fit for use, nor will it solve the issue.

I fought as hard as I could to get the government to put interim measures in place in @UKHouseofLords #DomesticAbuse bill to protect women and children from sexual violence but lost the vote. pic.twitter.com/mPRo1ooXDP

— Floella Benjamin (@FloellaBenjamin) March 17, 2021

What we need is social change, and such will come about in our schools and in our schooling, and it will take a generational investment.

The Internet is “the Internet” — it is not a playground for kids, as @neil_neilzone describes:

https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/03/unpicking-the-as-safe-as-they-are-offline-fallacy

Unilateral demands upon the world’s websites to protect British children — or: global children — will not work, in a “Canute-should-demand-the-tides-to-stop” kind of way.

The route to a kinder, safer Britain, lies in our schools, and in teaching respect.

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Originally tweeted by Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) on 2021/03/18.