MAJOR changes to the Island’s online safety legislation will not be lodged before next summer’s election and will focus on the removal of harmful content rather than prosecuting people who share it, a senior politician has said. The proposals, if approved, would make it easier for people in Jersey to get illegal content or content […]
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Children’s Commissioner: Jersey could need “online regulator”
JERSEY might require a dedicated online-safety watchdog to help ensure children are “adequately protected” in the digital world, according to the Children’s Commissioner. Dr Carmel Corrigan said that the Island may eventually need “an online regulator” or a “regulation agreement with the UK”. She made the comments in a letter to the Children, Education and […]
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Call to review rule that says 15% of big housing schemes must be affordable
A POLICY which stipulates that 15% of units in housing projects of 50 or more homes must be part of an assisted-purchase scheme could be reviewed, if States Members agree. Deputy Moz Scott argues that this rule has contributed to developers putting the brakes on larger housing schemes. The Assistant Economic Development Minister and St […]
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Review of complaints procedure backed by Members
NEW measures dealing with how politicians can be punished when complaints against them are upheld will be considered as part of a major review backed by the States Assembly. Politicians voted unanimously in favour of a proposition brought by Deputy Raluca Kovacs, who said the existing sanctions available were narrow and inflexible, negatively impacting levels […]
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Ministers considering options to ensure “fit for purpose” complaints mechanism
THE Council of Ministers is considering whether to strengthen the existing system for handling complaints about public services – or to create an ombudsperson – with a cost analysis of the two options currently underway. Lyndon Farnham provided the update during a hearing of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel. Debate over the creation of a […]
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Could review of complaints process finally move out of the long grass?
REFORM of the way complaints about the public sector are handled remains one of the knottier problems in the Council of Ministers’ in-tray… but the matter could move forward within the next month. Dissatisfaction with the current process has returned to the spotlight in the wake of a complaint about the Infrastructure and Environment Department’s […]
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Information Commissioner warns Island must not “rush” into online regulation
JERSEY must not rush into passing new online safety regulation “which doesn’t do the job we want it do”, the Information Commissioner has warned – in the wake of major criticism surrounding newly-implemented legislation in the UK. Paul Vane made the comments shortly after Assistant Economic Development Minister Moz Scott said the government had been […]
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It’s in the long grass
IT’S hard to see how a proposal which has been at least twenty-five years in the gestation, couldn’t be described as “in the long grass”. Could the grass be any longer? But, that is where moves to set up a public services ombudsperson now appear to lie, until at least after the elections in June. […]
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Politicians reject move to allow some non-British citizens to stand for election
A RENEWED bid to allow some Islanders who are not British citizens to stand for election has been rejected by the States Assembly. Politicians voted by 24 to 18 against a proposition brought by Deputy Carina Alves about extending the criteria to become a States Member to include non-British people living in Jersey who have […]
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Professionals and experts at CI cyber-security conference
A CYBER-SECURITY conference takes place today, bringing together hundreds of professionals and experts from across the Channel Islands, UK and further afield. The Channel Islands Cyber Security Conference is being held at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel as part of Jersey Cyber Security Centre’s awareness month programme. The event has been organised by the Channel […]
