Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 86840

Harassment: Children and Young People

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to establish accessible, non-police reporting pathways for (a) children and (b) young people who experience online harassment.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The Online Safety Act requires services in scope to take steps to protect children from both illegal content and harmful content, including abusive and bullying content. These services must implement easy-to-use reporting mechanisms for users to report il...

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