Question follow-through · 21806
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the inclusion of Channels and Updates functions on WhatsApp on the policy not to consider WhatsApp a social media platform.
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- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 18 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, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the inclusion of Channels and Updates functions on WhatsApp on the policy not to consider WhatsApp a social media platform.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
Government announced in June that we would ban social media companies from offering their services to under 16s. The department is currently working through the details and the final scope criteria will be set out in the regulations that will be laid in P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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