Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 24361

Suicide: Internet

Tabled: 15 January 2025

Answered: 23 January 2025

Question

Melanie Ward

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle websites which (a) promote and (b) normalise suicide.

Answer

Feryal Clark

Under the Online Safety Act, websites that allow user-generated content must proactively prevent all users from encountering illegal suicide content, and children of all ages from encountering legal content which encourages, promotes or provides instructi...

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