Social Media: Community Relations
Commons · Question 81509 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the role of social media in (a) improving and (b) undermining community cohesion.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 21 Oct 2025
While social media can play an important role in society, it is unacceptable that people use it to spread hate and threaten our communities. Ofcom and DSIT use data and evidence to understand how potentially harmful content is encountered on social media,...