Social Media: Drugs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she will have conversations with the Social Media companies about trends in the levels of blocked content across their platforms, about the use of IPEDs and SARMs.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan
The Secretary of State engages regularly with Ofcom and industry, including social media companies, on how they are fulfilling their duties under the Online Safety Act, including in relation to illegal content and emerging harms.
The Act places clear duties on platforms to prevent their services being used to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs and to remove such content when it does appear, including content promoting controlled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Platforms must also protect children from harmful content, including material encouraging the use of physically harmful substances such as unregulated medicines, through proportionate, risk-based measures.
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