A question on #Instagram #YoungPeople tabled by James McMurdock on 24-04-2025 has been answered by Feryal Clark.

Heading: Instagram: Young People
Question ID: 1797128
UIN: 48080
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-24
Asking Member ID: 5361
Asking Member display name: James McMurdock
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Asking Member Twitter reference: James McMurdock
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Meta's age assurance methodology for teenage accounts on Instagram.
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Date answered: 2025-05-02
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4822
Answering Member display name: Feryal Clark
Answering Member handle: FeryalClark
Answering Member Twitter reference: @FeryalClark
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Answer text: Under the Online Safety Act, services likely to be accessed by children are required to risk assess their service and provide safety measures, such as highly effective age assurance to prevent children from encountering content including pornography and p...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tweeted: true