Insight
Social media: How much regulation is needed?
How should social media be regulated for harmful online content and activity?
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Constituency casework
Nuisance calls
This page provides information on preventing and reporting nuisance calls: unsolicited and unwanted marketing messages; silent or abandoned calls; and spam texts.
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Research Briefing
Online pornography: age verification
This Library Briefing Paper looks at age verification for online pornography.
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Research Briefing
No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research
The No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research is an annotated bibliography of sources published by the House of Commons Library on a potential no-deal Brexit. It will be updated regularly. Links to the papers included in the resource are available on this page, the downloadable version includes additional comment on some of the selected papers.
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Debate Pack
Regulating the Internet of Things
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Thursday 3 October 2019 on regulating the internet of things. The debate will be opened by Chi Onwurah MP.
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Constituency casework
Broadband
This article is no longer being updated. For information on broadband rollout and consumer telecoms issues please refer to Gigabit broadband FAQs (2 August 2023) and Mobile and broadband: affordability and consumer protection (28 November 2022)- see Further reading from the House of Commons Library below.
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Debate Pack
General debate on involvement of patients in the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare
At 1.30pm on 5 September 2019 there will be a Westminster Hall debate on the involvement of patients in the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. This debate was nominated by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Henry Smith MP.
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Insight
New online security measures: What if you don’t have a smartphone?
From September 2019, people shopping or banking online may face new checks in order to prevent fraud.
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Insight
E-scooters: Why are they not legal on UK roads?
The Government has been reminding retailers to inform customers that e-scooters aren’t road-legal.
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Insight
UK broadband speeds: Hot-spots and not-spots
Our broadband dashboard allows you to compare your area with the national average and download full data and maps for each area in the UK.
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Debate Pack
Facial recognition and the biometrics strategy
A debate will be held on facial recognition and the biometrics strategy in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 1 May 2019, 2.30-4.00pm. The Member sponsoring the debate is Darren Jones.
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Insight
When will UK spaceports be ready for lift-off?
Planning is underway for UK space launch sites in Sutherland, Cornwall and Prestwick. When will the spaceports be ready and could they be used for space tourism?
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Research Briefing
Nuisance Calls: Unsolicited sales and marketing, and silent calls
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out the regulations which seek to address nuisance calls, including unsolicited sales and marketing calls, and the main ways in which individuals can try to reduce the number of unwanted calls or texts they receive.
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Insight
British Science Week: To fight drug-resistant infections we need more data
This UK Science Week we explore how antimicrobial resistance develops and what is being done to prevent it.
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