United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 39835
Social Media: Regulation
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20 March 2025
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25 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has plans to instruct Ofcom to conduct an impact assessment of the decision to designate end-to-end encryption as a risk factor in their Illegal Harms Codes of Practice and i
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20 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has plans to instruct Ofcom to conduct an impact assessment of the decision to designate end-to-end encryption as a risk factor in their Illegal Harms Codes of Practice and i
Source: Commons
25 March 2025
Answer
The Online Safety Act does not ban any service design, including end-to-end-encryption. Under the Act, providers must risk assess the design of their service. Ofcom can only recommend measures in codes of practice that are technically feasible. Separately...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-20/39835
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1786954
- uk · wq-1786954 · source updated 25 March 2025