Question follow-through · 14358
Internet: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen protections for freedom of speech online.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen protections for freedom of speech online.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
Safeguards for freedom of expression have already been built in throughout the framework of the Online Safety Act. All services in scope must have ‘particular regard’ to the impact on users’ rights to freedom of expression and privacy when implementing sa...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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