Government is ‘condoning dangerous online content’, says ex-culture secretary

Nicky Morgan claimed the Government is ‘condoning’ harmful content by rejecting calls to make filtering it out the default setting.

Baroness Morgan of Cotes, a former culture secretary (Jonathan Brady/PA Archive) (PA Archive)

The Government is “condoning” harmful and dangerous online content by rejecting calls to make such content filtered out by default, former culture secretary Nicky Morgan has claimed.

Tory peer Baroness Morgan of Cotes has called for the option to filter out harmful content regarding suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, abuse and hate on online platforms to be the default setting for adults.

This would require users to “flip a switch” if they want to opt in, rather than opt out, to “the most dangerous content”.