| Heading: |
Social Media: Safety |
| Question ID: |
1815140 |
| UIN: |
61598 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5038 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Anneliese Midgley
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| Asking Member handle: |
anneliese_midge
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@anneliese_midge
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on exempting Category 1 services from their associated obligations under the Online Safety Act. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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: |
It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator, to determine which services fall into Category 1. Ofcom’s current roadmap estimates publishing the register of categorised services this summer, with the additional duties for Category 1 services becoming enf... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |