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Social Media: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of young people on social media.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
14 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of young people on social media.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Our priority is the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act so that users 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 beh...

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