| Heading: |
Crime: Victims |
| Question ID: |
1818561 |
| UIN: |
64377 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5086 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Josh Babarinde
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| Asking Member handle: |
JoshBabarinde
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JoshBabarinde
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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 support victims of crimes committed using social media in (a) Eastbourne and (b) the South East. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
| 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: |
The Online Safety Act gives social media companies new duties to protect all UK users on their services, including users based in Eastbourne and the South East. Under the regulation, platforms need to take steps to reduce the risk their services are used ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |