Question follow-through · 21194

Internet: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals for requiring transparency over mass reaction patterns, bot activity, foreign-originated manipulation, and algorithmic amplific

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals for requiring transparency over mass reaction patterns, bot activity, foreign-originated manipulation, and algorithmic amplific

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Online Safety Act requires regulated services to produce annual transparency reports on safety related issues and the experiences of their users, which could include algorithm design and the incidence of illegal content (including illegal hateful cont...

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