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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-28more like thisremove minimum value filter
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Social Media: Age more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with social media companies on the adequacy of the (a) age limits on users of their services and (b) checks that those companies have in place on the age of users. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Jim Cunningham more like this
uin 227037 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-05more like thismore than 2019-03-05
answer text <p>The department has regular conversations with social media firms on a variety of issues. We want the UK to be the safest place to be online, including to prevent children under the minimum required age from using social media platforms</p><p>As a result, the government has been clear that platforms must do more to enforce their terms of use, especially when children under the minimum required age are using social media platforms. In addition, both my department and other government departments are working with the technology sector to identify new tools and approaches that can be used to verify the age of users.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Stourbridge more like this
answering member printed Margot James more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-05T15:11:33.99Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-05T15:11:33.99Z
answering member
4115
label Biography information for Margot James more like this
tabling member
308
label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham more like this