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Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in what way new restrictions on children’s access to social media or online services will interact with the child safety duties in the Online Safety Act 2023; what steps she will take t
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in what way new restrictions on children’s access to social media or online services will interact with the child safety duties in the Online Safety Act 2023; what steps she will take t
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
Keeping children safe online is a priority for this government. That is why we are banning social media companies from offering services to under 16s, alongside preventing strangers communicating with under 16s and livestreaming on a broader range of onli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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