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1150398

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members: Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have discussed with the House authorities abuse and threats that they have received on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	1631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Threats and abuse received by Members should always be reported to the police.</p><p>The Parliamentary Security Department uses best endeavours to review tweets sent publicly to Members, reporting matters of concern to the police and Twitter as appropriate. This opt-in service is only done with Members’ express permission.</p><p>The Parliamentary Security Department regularly provides advice to Members and their staff on social media security, but we do not collate data on these interactions. For security and privacy reasons, the discussions held between Members and the House authorities relating to threats and abuse are not publicly available.</p><p>The Member is invited to contact the Director of Security for Parliament directly if he wishes to discuss this matter further.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 22/10/2019 11:29:11 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1150089

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Twitter: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of anonymous (a) abuse and (b) threats made on Twitter on teenage mental health.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We have no current plans to make such formal assessment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 21/10/2019 15:39:17 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1150090

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Twitter: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) sexism and (b) racism on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. The duty of care will ensure companies have appropriate systems and processes in place to deal with harmful content on their services to keep their users safe. Compliance with this duty of care will be overseen by an independent regulator, which will have a range of enforcement powers.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the White Paper, the government published the Social Media Code of Practice. This voluntary guidance sets out actions that the Government believes social media platforms should take to prevent bullying, insulting, intimidating and humiliating behaviours on their sites.</p><p>Government has also asked the Law Commission to conduct a second phase of its review of the legal framework around abusive and offensive communications online. This will make specific recommendations for legal reform and is due to report in early 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 14:04:09 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1150091

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Twitter: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Twitter's appeals process for people that have suffered abuse on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. The duty of care will ensure companies have appropriate systems and processes in place to deal with harmful content on their services to keep their users safe. Compliance with this duty of care will be overseen by an independent regulator, which will have a range of enforcement powers.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the new duty of care, we will expect companies, where appropriate, to have effective and easy-to-access user complaints functions, which will be overseen by the regulator. Companies will need to respond to users' complaints within an appropriate timeframe and to take action consistent with the expectations set out in the regulatory framework</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 14:07:06 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1149221

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Twitter: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 294108, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the circulation of fake content on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 294108 from 8th October.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 13:57:30 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1149285

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Twitter: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on anonymous abuse and threats on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with their ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including online abuse.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 10:24:53 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1149287

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent people from establishing anonymous profiles on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Companies need to take responsibility for tackling abusive behaviour on their services, including taking steps to limit anonymised users abusing their services. However online anonymity is an important principle of a free and open internet and there are many legitimate reasons why an individual would not wish to identify themselves online - including to protect whistle-blowers and empower victims of modern slavery and domestic and sexual abuse. Globally, anonymity can be especially important for allowing human rights defenders and journalists to operate, especially within authoritarian regimes, without fear of undue reprisal and detention.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 16:46:53 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1149290

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Twitter: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in her Department have had with representatives from Twitter on tackling fake Twitter accounts.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with Twitter on a range of issues, including the challenge of fake accounts. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 10:26:34 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1149378

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Twitter: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect on mental health of anonymous (a) abuse and (b) threats made on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 486 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:36:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1149380

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Twitter: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 294115 on Children: Social Media, if he will make an assessment of the effect on children's mental health of anonymous (a) abuse and (b) threats made on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 485 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:36:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley