<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span><h1 id="ydp88bacee9ctl00_ctl00_FormContent_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_HeadingOne_ctlHeadingH1_h1Item" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Is it time to regulate the internet? Legal experts give evidence</font></h1><div id="ydp88bacee9news-article" style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="ydp88bacee9photo-description" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; min-height: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit;">The Communications Committee begins hearing evidence for its inquiry "The Internet: to regulate or not to regulate?". The Committee questions legal academic experts.</span><br></div><div id="ydp88bacee9ctl00_ctl00_FormContent_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlMainBody_wrapperDiv" class="ydp88bacee9rte" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4fac3ac3-3408-4d3b-9347-52d567e3bf62" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(78, 155, 215); text-decoration-line: none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parliament.TV: The Internet: to regulate or not to regulate?</a></li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/the-internet-to-regulate-or-not-to-regulate/" style="border: 0px; 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border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; clear: both;">Background</h2><p style="font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Committee explores with witnesses possible ways in which the internet could be better regulated, the extent to which online platforms should become liable for the content that they host, and the information they should provide to users about the use of their personal data.</p><h2 style="font-weight: 400; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; clear: both;">Witnesses</h2><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Tuesday 24 April, Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster</b></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>At 3.30pm</b></p><ul style="font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">Professor Christopher Marsden, Professor of Internet Law, University of Sussex</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">Dr Victoria Nash, Policy and Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">Professor Lorna Woods, Professor of Law, University of Essex</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: 400; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3em; clear: both;">Possible questions</h2><p style="font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Committee are likely to ask a number of questions including the following:</p><ul style="font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">Is there a need to introduce a regulatory framework for the internet?</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">In what ways, should online platforms be more transparent about their business practices – for example – in their use of algorithms or collection of data?</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">What role should users play in establishing and maintaining online community standards for content and behaviour?</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; line-height: 1.3em;">What are the advantages and disadvantages of the dominance of a small number of online platforms in certain online markets?</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: 400; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; 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