Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 45301

Social Media: Disinformation

Tabled: 8 April 2025

Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures his Department has discussed with social media companies to help tackle the spread of misinformation online.

Answer

Feryal Clark

The Online Safety Act focuses on the worst kinds of mis- and disinformation - that which is illegal content or content harmful to children. For example, its Foreign Interference Offence forces platforms to take proactive action against state-linked online...

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