| Heading: |
Social Media: Hate Crime |
| Question ID: |
1787128 |
| UIN: |
HL6017 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5379 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Young of Acton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Young of Acton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will require social media platforms to remove content which is currently unlawful in Scotland under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, but is not deemed unlawful in the rest of the United King |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
The Online Safety Act 2023 requires providers to tackle illegal content. The Act defines relevant offences for the purposes of these duties. Unless designated as a priority offence, an offence created by an Act of the Scottish Parliament is not a relevant... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |