Question follow-through · 6622
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the extent of similarities between YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the extent of similarities between YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Online Safety Act imposes a range of consistent duties on user-to-user service providers requiring them to proactively identify, mitigate and manage risks to users, and to be accountable for the safety of their platforms. Service providers must proact...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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