Social Media: Children
Commons · Question 52725 · Tabled 15 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 23 May 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to enable parents the right to access their deceased child’s social media data.
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 23 May 2025
The government is committed to ensuring families feel that the system is on their side when tragedies happen. In these cases, the Online Safety Act provides for Ofcom to require information from services on a child’s online activity at a coroner’s request...