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Social Media: Data Protection

Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 203978, tabled on 19 December 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with social media companies on preventing data protection infringements.

Answered on

7 January 2019

Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues including the prevention of data protection infringements and tackling online harms. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.

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