Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 31119

Social Media: Children

Tabled: 12 February 2025

Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Will Stone

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) requiring social media accounts to be linked to a form of ID and (b) preventing people with certain convictions from interac

Answer

Feryal Clark

The Online Safety Act gives online platforms new duties to protect users from illegal content and safeguard children.The Act stipulates that where there is a risk to children from the most harmful types of content (‘primary priority content), in-scope ser...

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