Question follow-through · 19533
Social Media: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect young people from the potential dangers of social media.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect young people from the potential dangers of social media.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2024
Answer published
Our priority is the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act so that children benefit from its wide-reaching protections.The Act requires all services in scope to take steps to protect users, including children, from illegal content and criminal ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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