Question follow-through · 123185
Hate Crime: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to tackle online hate speech.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to tackle online hate speech.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Online Safety Act requires platforms to tackle illegal content and protect children from harmful content, including that which is hateful and abusive. For large user-to-user platforms, known as ‘Category 1’ services, it will also provide adult users w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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