Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Online Harms White Paper published on 8 April, whether the proposed duty of care applies to those (a) using algorithms in their business and service delivery processes and (b) providing business and consumer services commercially.

Following the publication of the Online Harms White Paper on 8 April, we are consulting on proposals for the statutory duty of care to apply to companies and other bodies that allow users to share or discover user-generated content or interact with each other online. The consultation, which can be found here (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/online-harms-white-paper) closes on 1 July.