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date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that social media websites remove abusive and threatening posts.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	45167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>We expect social media companies, and internet platforms, to have robust processes in place and to act promptly when abuse is reported; including acting quickly to removing inappropriate content, and where appropriate, suspending or terminating the accounts of those breaching the rules in place.</p><p>We are working with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) to keep children and young people safe online. UKCCIS brings together industry, law enforcement, academia, charities and parenting groups to help to keep children and young people safe online. UKCCIS is co-chaired by Ministers from Department for Education, Home Office and Department for Culture Media and Sport.</p><p>In December 2015 we published guidance to encourage responsible practice from industry, and ensure children using their services are able to do so in a safe and protected way.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Act 2015 strengthened two existing communications offences: section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988, and section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 which can now be used to prosecute misuse of social media. The police now have longer to investigate either offence, and the maximum penalty for the former has been increased to two years imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/09/2016 11:36:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

539647

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation relating to online abuse on social media.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	43124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to the answer given to PQ 42962 on 21 July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 26/07/2016 16:08:55 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

520861

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of offences of online abuse on (a) Facebook and (b) Twitter under the Communications Act 2003 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	37989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold the information requested. The Ministry of Justice hold data on the number of offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/06/2016 13:50:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy