| Heading: |
Internet: Disinformation |
| Question ID: |
1751818 |
| UIN: |
21490 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5117 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Smith
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| Asking Member handle: |
sarahsmithlab
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@sarahsmithlab
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to tackle online disinformation. |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
Our immediate focus is getting the Online Safety Act (OSA) implemented quickly and effectively. The OSA sets out a clear regulatory framework to tackle both mis- and disinformation where it constitutes illegal content or harmful content to children.In add... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |