Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Thursday, 6 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 (named day). It was answered by Margot James (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Internet: Disinformation
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online media providers on preventing fake news from being placed on their platforms.
- Answer
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Ministers and officials regularly meet with the major tech and social media companies to discuss their progress in tackling disinformation and other online harms. We will continue to have robust dialogue with the companies and press them to be transparent about the scale of the problem on their platforms and the steps they are taking to address it.
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- Written question
- Reference
- 199790
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Internet Disinformation
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