Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 40702
Social Media: Children
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025
Question
Gregor Poynton
Labour — Livingston
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps Ofcom is taking to prevent children from accessing regulated platforms while under the minimum age limits in those companies’ terms of service.
Answer
Feryal ClarkChild online safety is of utmost importance to the government. Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services likely to be accessed by children have a duty to include provisions in their terms of service specifying how children of any age are prev...
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