Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect workers from being filmed without consent while carrying out their duties and having that footage published on social media.

The Government is committed to ensuring that people can carry out their work without fear of harassment and believes that workers should be able to undertake their duties without being filmed and having that footage published online without their consent.

Employers should respect workers’ rights under UK data protection legislation when recording and processing personal data, including video footage.

Furthermore, the Online Safety Act places duties on social media platforms to tackle harmful content, including through effective content moderation and user reporting systems. The Act also requires the largest platforms to enforce their terms of service consistently and transparently. Ofcom is responsible for enforcing these requirements and has powers to take action against non-compliant platforms, including imposing significant financial penalties.