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Commons · Question 29730 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for harm by small websites not included in the Online Harm Bill.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 14 Feb 2025

All user-to-user services, no matter their size and regardless of whether they are categorised, will be captured by the Online Safety Act. The illegal content duties will require all user-to-user services - including small but risky services - to risk ass...