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857735

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Social Media: Hate Crime
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 progress her Department has made with social media platforms on a voluntary code of practice for online (a) abuse and (b) hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	131636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Internet Safety Strategy consultation closed on the 7 December and we are currently reviewing responses. We received a wide range of views from industry, charities, academia and others. These will help shape our Government response to the consultation which we will be publishing in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister confirmed plans to bring forward the code of practice in her speech on the 6 February. The aim of the code of practice is to prevent abusive behaviour online, introduce more effective reporting mechanisms to tackle bullying or harmful content, and give better guidance for users to identify and report illegal content. The Government will be outlining more detail on the code of practice in the spring, as part of the Government response to the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 131638 131639 question first answered 16/03/2018 10:48:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

857737

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many responses his Department received to its consultation, Internet safety strategy green paper.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	131638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Internet Safety Strategy consultation closed on the 7 December and we are currently reviewing responses. We received a wide range of views from industry, charities, academia and others. These will help shape our Government response to the consultation which we will be publishing in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister confirmed plans to bring forward the code of practice in her speech on the 6 February. The aim of the code of practice is to prevent abusive behaviour online, introduce more effective reporting mechanisms to tackle bullying or harmful content, and give better guidance for users to identify and report illegal content. The Government will be outlining more detail on the code of practice in the spring, as part of the Government response to the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 131636 131639 question first answered 16/03/2018 10:48:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

857738

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Social Media: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many responses to his Department's consultation, Internet Safety strategy green paper supported a voluntary code of practice for Social Media Platforms to tackle online (a) abuse and (b) hate crime content.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	131639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Internet Safety Strategy consultation closed on the 7 December and we are currently reviewing responses. We received a wide range of views from industry, charities, academia and others. These will help shape our Government response to the consultation which we will be publishing in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister confirmed plans to bring forward the code of practice in her speech on the 6 February. The aim of the code of practice is to prevent abusive behaviour online, introduce more effective reporting mechanisms to tackle bullying or harmful content, and give better guidance for users to identify and report illegal content. The Government will be outlining more detail on the code of practice in the spring, as part of the Government response to the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 131636 131638 question first answered 16/03/2018 10:48:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

786341

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Social Media: 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, with reference to the Digital Economy Act 2017, what guidance her Department has issued to providers of online social media platforms on their obligations to (a) report and (b) cooperate with the police on instances of serious digital abuse.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	111945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), which the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport co-chairs, published a practical guide for providers of social media and interactive services. The guide has examples of good practice to encourage businesses to think about &quot;safety by design&quot;,including advice on informing the police of illegal content and co-operating with law enforcement requests to remove such content.</p><p>The guide can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-council-for-child-internet-safety-ukccis</p><p>Additionally, we are introducing a code of practice for social media providers, as required by the Digital Economy Act, which will set out guidance about what social media providers should do in relation to harmful conduct on their platforms. The code of practice will include guidance on arrangements for notification by users; the process for dealing with notifications; terms and conditions in relation to these arrangements and processes; and, the giving information to the public about the action providers take against harmful behaviour. We are consulting on how to proceed with this as part of the Internet Safety Strategy and aim to publish the code in 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 15:19:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767455

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
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 plans she has for the code of practice for online social media platforms to apply to conduct which involves threats of violence and terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October.</p><p> </p><p>As laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will seek to ensure that providers offer adequate online safety policies, introduce minimum standards and metrics and ensure regular review and monitoring. The code will not cover unlawful content or conduct, such as terrorist material or threats of violence, which the legal framework already addresses.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to consult with stakeholders in the tech industry on the details of the code of practice before its introduction in 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 106634 106635 106637 question first answered 16/10/2017 08:59:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767456

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to commence consultation on the code of practice for online social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October.</p><p> </p><p>As laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will seek to ensure that providers offer adequate online safety policies, introduce minimum standards and metrics and ensure regular review and monitoring. The code will not cover unlawful content or conduct, such as terrorist material or threats of violence, which the legal framework already addresses.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to consult with stakeholders in the tech industry on the details of the code of practice before its introduction in 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 106633 106635 106637 question first answered 16/10/2017 08:59:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767458

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
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 guidance her Department plans to give on criteria to be used by online social media platforms when applying the code of practice to determine whether an abusive or threatening incident has reached the criminal threshold.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October.</p><p> </p><p>As laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will seek to ensure that providers offer adequate online safety policies, introduce minimum standards and metrics and ensure regular review and monitoring. The code will not cover unlawful content or conduct, such as terrorist material or threats of violence, which the legal framework already addresses.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to consult with stakeholders in the tech industry on the details of the code of practice before its introduction in 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 106633 106634 106637 question first answered 16/10/2017 08:59:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767459

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whom her Department plans to consult before introducing the code of practice for online social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October.</p><p> </p><p>As laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will seek to ensure that providers offer adequate online safety policies, introduce minimum standards and metrics and ensure regular review and monitoring. The code will not cover unlawful content or conduct, such as terrorist material or threats of violence, which the legal framework already addresses.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to consult with stakeholders in the tech industry on the details of the code of practice before its introduction in 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 106633 106634 106635 question first answered 16/10/2017 08:59:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

753543

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish a code of practice for providers of online social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	5644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the response to PQ 4728.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 5202 5442 5443 5444 5445 question first answered 24/07/2017 10:08:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

752713

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish a code of practice for providers of online social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	5202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the response to PQ 4728.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 5442 5443 5444 5445 5644 question first answered 24/07/2017 10:08:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts