Question follow-through · 99877
Social Media: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment how social media platforms could use in-built AI to detect and protect children against (a) cyberbullying and (b) online grooming.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 24 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment how social media platforms could use in-built AI to detect and protect children against (a) cyberbullying and (b) online grooming.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government takes tackling cyberbullying and online grooming extremely seriously.Under the Online Safety Act, services must put in place measures to mitigate the risk of illegal activity, including grooming, and protect children from harmful content, s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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