Question follow-through · 19788
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what checks will be introduced to ensure that no-one under 16 can participate in social media; how such age-checks will be introduced for children without age-screening social media part
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what checks will be introduced to ensure that no-one under 16 can participate in social media; how such age-checks will be introduced for children without age-screening social media part
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to delivering the social media ban for under-16s and strengthening protections for children online. That is why we will require platforms to implement highly effective age assurance (HEAA) to ensure that their services are not ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Television Channels
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