Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 94546

Internet: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting children in Northern Ireland.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The Online Safety Act requires services to protect children in the UK from both illegal and age-inappropriate content. These protections are now in force, as of 25 July, children in Northern Ireland should be seeing a tangible difference in their online e...

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