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Pornography: Internet

Commons · Question 24828 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish an annual list of (a) social media companies and (b) search services sanctioned for failing to prevent pre-teen access to pornography including details of those sanct

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 28 Jan 2025

Under the Online Safety Act, publishers of pornography online and user-to-user services that allow sharing of pornographic content have a duty to use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from accessing this.The Act requires Ofcom to produce ...