Question follow-through · 87054
Social Media: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure social media companies protect consumers from illegal content advertising weight loss jabs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure social media companies protect consumers from illegal content advertising weight loss jabs.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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5 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act gives online platforms duties to tackle illegal content and activity on their services. This includes content advertising illegal sales of drugs. Ofcom is the regulator for this regime, and it sets out steps that providers can take t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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