Internet: Safety
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the Small but Risky taskforce will meet; and how the group will tackle the risk posed by dangerous online platforms.
Answered by Feryal Clark
In September 2024, a public exchange of letters between the Secretary of State and Ofcom’s CEO outlined information about the taskforce: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/about-ofcom/public-correspondence/2024/letter-from-dame-melanie-dawes-to-the-secretary-of-state-11-september-2024.pdf?v=380026. The taskforce is a dedicated supervision team within Ofcom which is developing and delivering a workplan, focusing on high priority themes (such as terror, hate and offences against women and girls) on small but risky services. Such services will be regulated by the illegal content and child safety duties of the Act. If there is evidence of non-compliance Ofcom will undertake enforcement action.
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