Three practical policy recommendations for deploying safer safety tech in the UK
By
Rachel Coldicutt
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Summary
The article discusses policy recommendations for improving the safety of safety tech in the UK digital economy. The author, who worked on research assessing safety tech's impact, proposes three practical steps: ensuring safety tech is deployed in ways that benefit those affected by online harms, focusing on achievable policy measures rather than comprehensive proposals, and considering the real-world impact on vulnerable populations. The piece is framed as personal observations from the author's research experience.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThis isn't a comprehensive set of policy proposals, but some practical, achievable steps that are important to consider if safety tech is going to be deployed safely
My role was to think about policy recommendations and framing but — as so often happens with this kind of project — the policy recommendations didn't make it to the final cut
in ways that benefit the people most likely to be affected by online harms
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