Question follow-through · 27760
Harassment: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) fast track protections for people who experience doxing and (b) help ensure social media platforms (i) act swiftly to remove doxing content an
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) fast track protections for people who experience doxing and (b) help ensure social media platforms (i) act swiftly to remove doxing content an
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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7 Feb 2025
Answer published
DSIT is implementing the Online Safety Act which will bring in a number of protections for online users from the harms associated with doxing. In-scope providers will need to enact measures to take down illegal content and protect children from harmful co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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