| Heading: |
X Corp: Radicalism |
| Question ID: |
1804578 |
| UIN: |
53695 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5067 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tony Vaughan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Tony Vaughan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle illegal extremist content on the social media platform X. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
The Online Safety Act gives online platforms, including X, new duties to take steps to reduce the risk their services are used to disseminate illegal extremist content. They also need to implement effective systems to remove this content when it does appe... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |