Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 30780

Social Media: Hate Crime

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 25 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of social media algorithms on recent trends in the level of misogynistic content targeted at (a) boys and (b) young men.

Answer

Feryal Clark

The Online Safety Act (OSA) places safety duties on in-scope user-to-user and search services. Services must employ age-appropriate measures to protect children from legal abusive and hateful misogynistic content. Additionally, the largest services (categ...

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