Written Question·Home Office·UIN 87438

Harassment: Social Media

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect (a) police officers, (b) immigration officers and (c) other public sector workers from online harassment by people who film and publish deliberately confrontat

Answer

Sarah Jones
Nobody should face harassment in person, on social media or anywhere online.The Online Safety Act (OSA) introduced a number of communication offences, including the false communications offence and which could include videos uploaded online. This offence ...
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