Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 116735

Internet: Suicide

Tabled: 2 March 2026

Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of suicide fora to children through gaming chats.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Online Safety Act requires in-scope services, including in-scope gaming services, to prevent all users from encountering illegal suicide and self-harm content, and children from legal content encouraging, promoting, or providing instructions for suici...

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