Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment the Government has made of the level of requirement for additional legislation to help prevent social media companies from promoting extreme ideologies through their platforms.

The government is committed to tackling extremism in all its forms, and we constantly review our understanding of emerging radicalising threats to our society.

Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must tackle illegal content, including terrorist content and that which stirs up hatred based on religion or race. They must also protect children from additional forms of legal content, including hateful or abusive content.

We are committed to keeping our online safety regime under review to ensure it keeps up with rapidly evolving harms.