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1348951

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) representatives of social media platforms on tackling sectarian abuse and incitement online.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	902952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Online abuse is an issue that affects all four nations of the United Kingdom and it is important that we work together to keep people safe from such abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In May, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published its draft Online Safety Bill. The Northern Ireland Department of Justice, who have lead responsibility in Northern Ireland for tackling sectarian abuse and incitement online, has been engaged in this work.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 902953 question first answered 21/07/2021 13:48:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1348952

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has held with cabinet colleagues and social media platforms on tackling sectarian abuse and incitement online.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	902953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Online abuse is an issue that affects all four nations of the United Kingdom and it is important that we work together to keep people safe from such abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In May, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published its draft Online Safety Bill. The Northern Ireland Department of Justice, who have lead responsibility in Northern Ireland for tackling sectarian abuse and incitement online, has been engaged in this work.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 902952 question first answered 21/07/2021 13:48:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

604106

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: 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 activity by terrorist groups both within the UK and abroad is effectively monitored.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	48934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government takes extremely seriously the threat from those that post online terrorist and extremist material.</p><p>In the UK, our dedicated police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) proactively identifies and refers online terrorist and extremist content to communication service providers for removal. Since its inception in February 2010, CTIRU has secured the removal of more than 220,000 pieces of terrorist-related content. Its work has a global impact as content is removed by industry from their social media platforms world-wide.</p><p>Internationally, the UK assisted in the establishment of the European Internet Referrals Unit (EUIRU) which replicates the UK model at European level and services all Member States. The Unit went live on 1 July 2015 and has focused on a broad range of non-English language content, including Arabic, French and German. Since its creation, the EUIRU has secured the removal of over 12,000 pieces of terrorist-related content.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2016 15:22:39 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

458128

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28422, on terrorism: social networking, how many of the cases referred to in that Answer resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	29967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office can only obtain the data requested at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/03/2016 13:58:55 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes previous answer version 50488 answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

454877

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: 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 social media accounts promoting extremist content were recommended for closure by her Department in each of the last 12 months; and what proportion of such content related to Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	28422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>We have seen an increase in the scale and pace of terrorist communications by groups like ISIL, encouraging vulnerable young people to travel to conflict zones like Syria and Iraq. This Government takes seriously the threat from online terrorist and extremist propaganda, which can directly influence people who are vulnerable to radicalisation.</p><p>Since 2010 over 140,000 pieces of terrorist-related material have been removed by industry from various online platforms at the request of the dedicated police Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU). Approximately 55,000 removals were made in 2015 alone. Removal requests are now at over 1,000 a week and approximately 70% of CTIRU’s caseload is Daesh related.</p><p>We are pressing industry to take a lead in tackling the abuse of their services by terrorist and extremist groups.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/03/2016 17:27:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes previous answer version 47907 answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty