United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL720
Social Media: Self-harm and Suicide
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22 January 2020
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13 February 2020 · Answer
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13 February 2020
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce fines for social media companies who do not actively seek to remove (1) suicide. and (2) self-harm, related posts.
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22 January 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce fines for social media companies who do not actively seek to remove (1) suicide. and (2) self-harm, related posts.
Source: Lords
13 February 2020
Answer
The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. This will make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online, especially children and other vulnerable gro...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-22/HL720
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1175191
- uk · wq-1175191 · source updated 13 February 2020