Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 29 November 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 December 2021. It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 December 2021 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Online Dating: Regulation
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to regulate online dating services to prevent fraud and abuse.
- Answer
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Online dating services are in scope of the Online Safety Bill. This means that they will have to put in place measures to protect their users from harmful content facilitated via user-generated content, including fraud and abuse. Dating sites will have to assess the risk of harm to their users, and then take steps to mitigate and tackle that risk.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 83376
- Session
- 2021-22
- Subjects
- Regulation Online dating
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- 2021-12-07 14:42:55 +0000
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