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Internet: Children

Asked by Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 903456

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to increase online safety for children and young people.

Answered by Feryal Clark

The government is implementing the Online Safety Act as quickly and effectively as possible, so children can be protected from criminal behaviour and harmful content online.

The illegal content duties are now in force, so platforms already need to act to protect their users.

The child safety duties will be in force from the Summer, at which point companies will need to further protect children from harmful content such as pornography, suicide and self-harm material.

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