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UIN 2284

Social Media: Regulation

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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17 May 2021

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21 May 2021 · Answer

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21 May 2021

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring social media companies to report on the algorithms they use to monitor online hate speech on their platforms and any bias

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  1. 17 May 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring social media companies to report on the algorithms they use to monitor online hate speech on their platforms and any bias

    Source: Commons

  2. 21 May 2021

    Answer

    Hate speech is completely unacceptable in an open and tolerant society. Our new laws will mean social media companies must keep promises to their users about their standards and stamp out this sort of abuse. Companies will need to take steps to mitigate t...

    Source: Written answer

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