Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 52614

Internet: Disinformation

Tabled: 15 May 2025
Answered: 23 May 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the (a) scope, (b) function and (c) remit of the proposed advisory committee on disinformation and misinformation in Section 152 of the Online

Answer

Feryal Clark
The Online Safety Act provides clear requirements for the Committee’s responsibilities: advising Ofcom on how providers should address mis- and disinformation, and how Ofcom should exercise their transparency powers and fulfil their statutory duty to prom...

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