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Social Media: Children |
| Question ID: |
1793499 |
| UIN: |
44951 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3969 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Damian Hinds
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Damian Hinds
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Information Commissioner’s Office and (b) Ofcom in assessing how regulated services are enforcing their minimum age limits to |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
In 2024, the ICO updated its Age assurance opinion for the Children’s code, with guidance on what online services must do if they are likely to be accessed by children. We welcome the ICO’s ongoing work to assess how services are applying age assurance me... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |