Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 109647

Democracy and Disinformation: Social Media

Tabled: 29 January 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Resilience and Reconstruction entitled Disinformation, UK Democracy, and At

Answer

Stephen Doughty

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 January to Question 105450. As concerns the algorithms of social media platforms, the Online Safety Act gives Ofcom the power to request information on their design, including as this relates to allegati...

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