Social Media: Gangs
Commons · Question 55149 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) resources and (b) personnel required by Ofcom to protect users of online platforms from content promoting gang violence.
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 9 Jun 2025
The Online Safety Act gives user-to-user platforms and search services duties to take steps to protect all users from illegal content and children from harmful or age-inappropriate content. This includes duties to take down illegal content which provokes ...