Question follow-through · 23097
Facebook: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent changes to Meta guidelines on hateful conduct which allow Facebook users to refer to LGBT+ people as
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 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 his policies of recent changes to Meta guidelines on hateful conduct which allow Facebook users to refer to LGBT+ people as
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jan 2025
Answer published
The government is aware of the changes Meta has made to its guidelines. This change does not affect the strong protections the Online Safety Act will bring in for UK users online. The Act will oblige all social media companies to remove illegal content an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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