United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 161875
Coronavirus: Disinformation
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2 March 2021
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9 March 2021 · Answer
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9 March 2021
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to reduce covid-19 misinformation and suspected scam-related phone calls to the general public.
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2 March 2021
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to reduce covid-19 misinformation and suspected scam-related phone calls to the general public.
Source: Commons
9 March 2021
Answer
Government takes the issue of disinformation very seriously. The Cross-Whitehall Counter Disinformation Unit was stood up on 5 March 2020 to look for trends on social media platforms so that we can work with them and other partners to respond to misleadin...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-02/161875
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1296854
- uk · wq-1296854 · source updated 9 March 2021