Question follow-through · 4824
Elections: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Electoral Commission will have the power to investigate suspected platform-level manipulation of political content during a regulated election period.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Electoral Commission will have the power to investigate suspected platform-level manipulation of political content during a regulated election period.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government takes attempts by any country to intervene in democratic processes very seriously. It is and will always be, an absolute priority to protect our democratic and electoral processes, including from covert funding. We have a range of protectio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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