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Diabetes and Eating Disorders: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with social media companies on moderating (a) pro–eating disorder material and (b) misinformation relating to (i) diabetes and (ii) body image.

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 11 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 15 Sept 2025
Answer: 22 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with social media companies on moderating (a) pro–eating disorder material and (b) misinformation relating to (i) diabetes and (ii) body image.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Sept 2025
Answer published
No discussions have been held with social media companies by the Department.Under the Government’s Online Safety Act, all in-scope services are now required to protect their users from illegal content, and platforms likely to be accessed by children need ...

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