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Social Media: Health Education

Commons · Question 98650 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that content relating to women’s health is not inappropriately restricted or shadow-banned on social media platforms; and whether her Depar

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 17 Dec 2025

The Online Safety Act does not set out to prevent adults from seeking out legal content, nor does it decide what legal content companies should or should not allow on their platforms. Platforms will not be able to arbitrarily remove content, and users wil...