A question tabled by Christine Jardine on 24-03-2025 has been answered by Feryal Clark.

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Question ID: 1787570
UIN: 40561
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-24
Asking Member ID: 4634
Asking Member display name: Christine Jardine
Asking Member handle: CajardineMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @CajardineMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on (a) small websites, (b) personal blogs and (c) community forums.
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Date answered: 2025-03-28
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4822
Answering Member display name: Feryal Clark
Answering Member handle: FeryalClark
Answering Member Twitter reference: @FeryalClark
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Answer text: Under the Online Safety Act, in-scope user-to-user and search services must risk assess for content that is illegal and harmful to children. Ofcom, the independent regulator for this regime, set out what steps small, low-risk providers need to take to ful...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tweeted: true