Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 98650
Social Media: Health Education
Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Question
Dr Allison Gardner
Labour — Stoke-on-Trent South
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that content relating to women’s health is not inappropriately restricted or shadow-banned on social media platforms; and whether her Depar
Answer
Kanishka NarayanThe Online Safety Act does not set out to prevent adults from seeking out legal content, nor does it decide what legal content companies should or should not allow on their platforms. Platforms will not be able to arbitrarily remove content, and users wil...
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