Question follow-through · 10969
Social Media: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with social media platforms on demonetising accounts that repeatedly breach platform standards on harmful content.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with social media platforms on demonetising accounts that repeatedly breach platform standards on harmful content.
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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26 Jun 2026
Answer published
Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must tackle hateful online content where it is illegal or harmful to children. They must take steps to ensure their algorithms do not target users with this content. Under new duties to be introduced next year, the l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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