United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 48423
Disinformation: Coronavirus
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18 May 2020
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27 May 2020 · Answer
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27 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to take steps to obtain an independent assessment of the performance of technology companies in tackling the spread of disinformation on covid-19.
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18 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to take steps to obtain an independent assessment of the performance of technology companies in tackling the spread of disinformation on covid-19.
Source: Commons
27 May 2020
Answer
The Government has seen positive steps taken by social media platforms to curtail the spread of harmful and misleading narratives related to Covid-19. Major platforms have updated their terms of service and made technical changes to their products in orde...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-18/48423
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1196703
- uk · wq-1196703 · source updated 27 May 2020