Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 2780
Social Media: Violence
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce fines for social media companies for failure to remove online material which incites violence.
Answer
Feryal ClarkThe Online Safety Act 2023 places duties on user to user services to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share illegal content. This includes content that incites violence and content which stirs up religi...
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