Question follow-through · 25161
Internet: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure (a) social media companies and (b) website providers that have been found to have hosted illegal content viewed by people that have subsequently committe
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure (a) social media companies and (b) website providers that have been found to have hosted illegal content viewed by people that have subsequently committe
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act 2023 places duties on social media companies and search services. These include duties to tackle illegal content on their services. These services will need to put systems and processes in place to reduce the risk that users post thi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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