United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 89391
Freedom of Expression: Internet
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11 November 2025
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19 November 2025 · Answer
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19 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the new false communication offence in the Online Safety Act 2023 from stifling freedom of speech.
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11 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the new false communication offence in the Online Safety Act 2023 from stifling freedom of speech.
Source: Commons
19 November 2025
Answer
The false communications offence within the Online Safety Act captures communications where the individual knows the information to be false but sends it intending to cause harm to a likely audience, without reasonable excuse.Protecting freedom of express...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-11/89391
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1850994
- uk · wq-1850994 · source updated 19 November 2025