Question follow-through · 77207
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle online (a) grooming and (b) predatory behaviour on metaverse-type platforms; and what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle online (a) grooming and (b) predatory behaviour on metaverse-type platforms; and what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act (OSA) gives online user-to-user platforms duties to take steps to tackle online grooming and other child sexual abuse and exploitation on their services. These duties extend to user-to-user platforms that use virtual reality technolo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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