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Social Media: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 40 safety measures that Ofcom has set out for social media platforms to tackle misogyny.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 40 safety measures that Ofcom has set out for social media platforms to tackle misogyny.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Online Safety Act puts new duties on social media companies and search services, making them responsible for their users’ safety. These include new duties tackling illegal content and activity which affects women and girls, including intimate image ab...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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