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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-11more like thismore than 2019-02-11
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Public Health: Disinformation more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to tackle public health misinformation on social media platforms. more like this
tabling member constituency Belfast North more like this
tabling member printed
Nigel Dodds more like this
uin 219328 more like this
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is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-19more like thismore than 2019-02-19
answer text <p>The Department ensures that all official information is badged appropriately with the Government crest; National Health Service branding or associated public health campaign branding, to reinforce its credibility. Any misinformation detected is dealt with on a case by case basis depending on the level of impact it could have on public health.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on their white paper on Online Harms. <ins class="ministerial">Information on the upcoming white paper and Government Communication Service’s existing advice </ins><del class="ministerial">The Government Communications Service has also recently published a toolkit ‘RESIST’ to assist government communicators in tackling disinformation which my Department will utilise. These documents</del> can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-make-social-media-safer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-make-social-media-safer</a></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/news/5-trends-in-leading-edge-communications/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/news/5-trends-in-leading-edge-communications/</a></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/</a></del></p>
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-19T17:11:47.643Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-19T17:11:47.643Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2019-03-27T11:27:29.67Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-27T11:27:29.67Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
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answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
1388
label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn more like this