Question follow-through · 24546
Health: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting adults with serious long-term health conditions from harmful health misinformation online, includ
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting adults with serious long-term health conditions from harmful health misinformation online, includ
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Online Safety Act requires all in-scope companies to tackle illegal disinformation content. It also requires the largest 'category one' platforms to uphold their Terms of Service. This means that if the platform says it prohibits harmful misleading he...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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