Social Media: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the additional staff and resources required by Ofcom to enforce future restrictions on social media access for children.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan
Services should be in no doubt that, where they break UK law, they will face the consequences. We will make sure that Ofcom has the funding it needs to enforce new restrictions and to take strong enforcement action to protect children alongside existing work including on tackling violence against women and girls.
The Secretary of State has written to Ofcom’s new chair asking him to ensure that robust enforcement is a priority. We have set our expectation that early attention is given to what changes might be needed to Ofcom’s structures and management arrangements to deliver this.
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