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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media

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Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 158869, tabled on 25 April 2022

Question

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat
Orkney and Shetland
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.

Answer

Chris Philp
Conservative
Croydon South
Commons

Answered on

28 April 2022

DCMS engages regularly with a range of social media platforms. As part of our operational work, DCMS has trusted flagger status with major social media platforms to flag harmful content which is in violation of platform terms of service.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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