Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 41572

Internet: Safety

Tabled: 26 March 2025

Answered: 1 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Kirith Entwistle

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to equalise the importance of (a) the nature of the content and (b) the size of the platform when determining platform categorisation under the Online Safety Act.

Answer

Feryal Clark

Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services – including small but high-risk services – must have measures in place to proactively tackle certain types of illegal content, including content which assists suicide and several offences which dispro...

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