TikTok: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 40435 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission research into (a) the types of (i) messages and (ii) videos promoted by TikTok to UK children and teenage users and (b) the role of promoting such content by malig
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 1 Apr 2025
Child online safety is of the utmost importance to the government. Under the Online Safety Act, user-to-user services likely to be accessed by children must protect them from harmful content. Ofcom’s draft codes of practice include recommendations for ser...