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576892

registered interest
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

520860

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 cases of online abuse on (a) Facebook, (b) Twitter and (c) all other social media have been reported to the police since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	37988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold the information requested.</p><p>However, we have introduced an ‘online flag’ as part of the police recorded crime data collection. This allows police forces to record online instances of abuse and other crimes such as stalking, harassment, sexual offences and others. These offences could have taken place solely online, or had an online element to them. These data are currently still in development but will be published in due course. However, it will not be possible to split the data according to type of social media used (if any).</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/05/2016 15:43:07 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

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

421530

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to develop a greater level of public understanding of the legal framework for social media.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mark Spencer
uin	901586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>While there is clearly some awareness of the legal framework applicable to social media, I nevertheless publish warnings online reminding people of their responsibilities, where appropriate. My office also on occasions sends tweets, warning social media users of the risks of being in contempt.</p><p><strong></strong>As far as the criminal law is concerned, the Crown Prosecution Service has issued detailed guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/10/2015 11:56:44 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

419023

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to improve public understanding of the legal framework applicable to social media.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	10455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Judging by the number of referrals from members of the public to my office there is clearly some awareness of the legal framework applicable to social media but I have sought to increase this awareness by, for example, issuing online warnings on social media, including Twitter, in appropriate cases.</p><p>In relation to the commission of criminal offences by social media users, the Crown Prosecution Service has also issued detailed guidelines to prosecutors on handling cases involving communications sent via social media.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/10/2015 09:21:35 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

178458

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities about the use of (a) Twitter and (b) other social media to communicate with the public.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	223808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Digital and social media are an effective and low-cost way of communicating with the public.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has amended the law to strengthen the rights of the press and public to report and film council meetings using digital and social media. In August 2014, we published a plain English guide to help councils, the press and the public with these new rights.</p><p> </p><p>We made clear that there is no prohibition on councillors from tweeting and blogging at meetings, and they should be able to do so provided it is not disruptive and does not detract from the proper conduct of the meeting.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities should have regard to the local government Publicity Code, which seeks to prevent the misuse of taxpayer-funded resources, including social media.</p><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding, last June, Ministers challenged and criticised guidance to parish councils issued by the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) that sought to prevent elected councillors from issuing media comments without prior written permission of the council. NALC has now produced a new Media Policy Example that takes into account the new national rules on filming and recording at parish and town council meetings.</p><p> </p><p>In December, we invited bids for local pilots to bring statutory notices into the 21<sup>st</sup> Century. This could include supporting the increased use of digital and social media by councils and commercial partners, as one of the ways that such notices could be improved and reformed.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 12/02/2015 16:49:07 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest