Question follow-through · 53695
X Corp: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle illegal extremist content on the social media platform X.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle illegal extremist content on the social media platform X.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act gives online platforms, including X, new duties to take steps to reduce the risk their services are used to disseminate illegal extremist content. They also need to implement effective systems to remove this content when it does appe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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