| Heading: |
Public Health: Disinformation |
| Question ID: |
1796759 |
| UIN: |
47772 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4595 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gareth Snell
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Gareth Snell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle health misinformation due to levels of media literacy. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-02 |
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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: |
The government understands the importance of building audience resilience to mis- and disinformation, noting that improved media literacy is essential for helping people to recognise this content. The Online Safety Act updates Ofcom’s statutory duty to pr... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |