Question follow-through · 794
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which social media platforms’ moderation standards reflect UK standards of age-appropriateness.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which social media platforms’ moderation standards reflect UK standards of age-appropriateness.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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26 May 2026
Answer published
Under the Online Safety Act, social media platforms are required to protect their users from illegal content, and children from content that is harmful. This includes taking measures, such as content moderation, to protect children from ‘priority’ content...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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