Parliamentary Debate 15 December 2025
The “Repeal the Online Safety Act” petition received over 500,000 signatures and is scheduled to be debated on 15 December 2025. This briefing document provides MPs with key pieces of evidence and example questions for use in this debate.
It was put together by the Internet Society and the UK Chapter of the Internet Society and has been shared with the Petitioner Alex Baynham, news outlets, MPs, and other organizations involved in this discussion.
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