Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 77207
Offences against Children: Internet
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Question
Lola McEvoy
Labour — Darlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle online (a) grooming and (b) predatory behaviour on metaverse-type platforms; and what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on
Answer
Kanishka NarayanThe Online Safety Act (OSA) gives online user-to-user platforms duties to take steps to tackle online grooming and other child sexual abuse and exploitation on their services. These duties extend to user-to-user platforms that use virtual reality technolo...
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