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HIGHUKAdded 2026-03-17
Baroness Martha Lane Fox
Peer / Digital Inclusion & Safety Advocate
UK House of Lords / Doteveryone
Freedom Threat Index63%
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Profile
Co-founder of Lastminute.com and founder of the Doteveryone think tank, now a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. Lane Fox has been a prominent voice in UK technology policy debates, advocating for digital inclusion while also supporting regulatory intervention in online safety. She has backed age verification mandates and platform accountability frameworks, giving her outsized influence in shaping the Lords' appetite for digital regulation.
Key Actions & Positions
Advocates in the House of Lords for stricter platform accountability and online safety obligations
Supported Online Safety Act provisions and age verification requirements during Lords passage
Founded Doteveryone — a think tank shaping UK digital policy debates
Regularly cited by government as evidence of cross-party and civil-society support for platform regulation
Tags
digital-inclusionplatform-regulationage-verificationonline-safetytech-policy
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