Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations aimed at tackling abusive content towards LGBTQ+ people online; and whether she plans to introduce further measures to help increase levels of accountability and improve protections for vulnerable and minority communities.

The Government is committed to tackling online abuse including targeted abuse of LGBTQ+ people. The Online Safety Act requires platforms to tackle illegal content and activity. Once the duties are in effect, large user-to-user platforms, known as Category 1 services will also need to provide adult users with more protections from abusive and hateful content by: offering them more choice over the types of content they engage with; filter content from non-verified accounts; and hold platforms to account for their terms of service. Ofcom has robust enforcement powers to enforce these duties.