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Internet: Children

Commons · Question 29712 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that smaller platforms are adequately regulated to protect children from online harms.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 14 Feb 2025

Government’s priority is the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023 so that children can benefit from its wide-reaching protections. The Act’s illegal content duties and, where relevant, child safety duties, will apply to services of all s...