United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101901
Social Media: Eating Disorders
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2 January 2026
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12 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure online safety regulations adequately address harmful eating disorder-related content on social media platforms.
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2 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure online safety regulations adequately address harmful eating disorder-related content on social media platforms.
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12 January 2026
Answer
Under the Online Safety Act, services must implement rigorous safeguards to eliminate illegal content that promotes or facilitates serious self-harm.For services accessed by children, the bar is even higher: they are required to deploy highly effective ag...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-02/101901
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1866746
- uk · wq-1866746 · source updated 12 January 2026