United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 92020
Social Media: Epilepsy
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13 November 2020
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18 November 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implication for his policies of social media videos with images embedded designed to provoke epilepsy seizures.
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13 November 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implication for his policies of social media videos with images embedded designed to provoke epilepsy seizures.
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18 November 2020
Answer
The targeting of epilepsy sufferers online already constitutes a UK criminal offence. Someone who sends flashing images to a person with epilepsy, thereby causing a seizure, could be found guilty of an offence against the person (such as assault) under th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-13/92020
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1251894
- uk · wq-1251894 · source updated 18 November 2020