Question follow-through · 40561
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on (a) small websites, (b) personal blogs and (c) community forums.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on (a) small websites, (b) personal blogs and (c) community forums.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Under the Online Safety Act, in-scope user-to-user and search services must risk assess for content that is illegal and harmful to children. Ofcom, the independent regulator for this regime, set out what steps small, low-risk providers need to take to ful...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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