Question follow-through · 41571

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will review the criteria used to determine platform categorisation under the Online Safety Act to ensure that small but high-risk platforms hosting (a) suicide-related and (b) mis

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
1 Apr 2025
Answer
1 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will review the criteria used to determine platform categorisation under the Online Safety Act to ensure that small but high-risk platforms hosting (a) suicide-related and (b) mis

  2. 1 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services – including small but high-risk services – must have measures in place to proactively tackle certain types of illegal content, including content which assists suicide and several offences which dispro...

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