Question follow-through · 3771
Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on establishing Ofcom’s Advisory Committee on Misinformation and Disinformation.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on establishing Ofcom’s Advisory Committee on Misinformation and Disinformation.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
While the Online Safety Act (OSA) requires Ofcom to establish an advisory committee on disinformation and misinformation, the process and timing of setting it up remains at Ofcom’s discretion.Ofcom has confirmed that the Mis/Disinformation Advisory Commit...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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