Question follow-through · 48080
Instagram: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Meta's age assurance methodology for teenage accounts on Instagram.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Meta's age assurance methodology for teenage accounts on Instagram.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 May 2025
Answer published
Under the Online Safety Act, services likely to be accessed by children are required to risk assess their service and provide safety measures, such as highly effective age assurance to prevent children from encountering content including pornography and p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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