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date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to raise awareness of fake news distributed online and on social media.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to protecting the reliability and objectivity of information essential to our democracy.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/07/2017 15:48:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Digital and Culture on 29 November 2016 (53857) that they are "considering the implications of the dissemination of fake news on social media sites", what assessment they have made of whether fake news stories generated online through social media are more widely believed than fake news stories in the mainstream media; and, if they are not more widely believed, why they are taking steps to counteract fake news on social media.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>There are existing mechanisms in place to address inaccurate news in the mainstream media including requirements in the Broadcasting Code for television and radio programmes and requirements in the Editors' Code of Practice for publishers who are members of a self-regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Digital and Culture will shortly be sending invitations to select organisations to attend a discussion on fake news.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5125 HL5126 question first answered 14/02/2017 16:03:59 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

658707

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of fake news on the formulation and implementation of government policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>We are currently considering the implications of the dissemination of fake news on social media sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 20/12/2016 15:28:14 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark