Question follow-through · 33826
Internet: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will that ensure Ofcom prioritises user verification in its Illegal Content Codes of Practice.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will that ensure Ofcom prioritises user verification in its Illegal Content Codes of Practice.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
Ofcom is the independent regulator for the Online Safety Act and it decides what measures go into its codes of practice. It issued its first codes of practice for the illegal content duties in December. These take effect on platforms in March. They will s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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