Question follow-through · 105306
Social Media: Death and Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had recent discussions with social media companies on the rapid removal of graphic or traumatic content depicting serious injury or death.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had recent discussions with social media companies on the rapid removal of graphic or traumatic content depicting serious injury or death.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
DSIT has regular discussions with social media companies about a number of online safety matters, including tackling harmful content.The Online Safety Act gives social media platforms duties to protect their users from harmful content. Under the regulator...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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