Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 44797

Social Media: Children

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with social media companies on age restrictions for accessing social media.

Answer

Feryal Clark
Government is committed to protecting children’s safety online across the UK.The Online Safety Act requires social media platforms to consider, as part of their risk assessments, how their algorithms impact children’s exposure to illegal and harmful conte...

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