Internet: Self-harm and Suicide
Commons · Question 30856 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ayoub Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of the provisions of the Online Safety Act 2023 to help tackle suicide and self-harm content on smaller online platforms.
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 25 Feb 2025
The Online Safety Act will require in-scope user-to-user and search services - regardless of their size or reach - to prevent all users from encountering illegal suicide and self-harm content, and children from legal content which encourages, promotes or ...