Question follow-through · 41575
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission a report into real-world harms associated with smaller online forums that encourage (a) self-harm, (b) suicide and (c) misogyny.
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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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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission a report into real-world harms associated with smaller online forums that encourage (a) self-harm, (b) suicide and (c) misogyny.
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act requires such services to risk assess for illegal content and have measures in place to tackle it. Ofcom have already launched an enforcement programme which includes asking small but high-risk services for their risk assessments by ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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