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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to introduce legislative proposals to enable the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure that online platforms have the same level of accountability as Television broadcasters in relation to online advertising.

We are engaging with regulators, online platforms and advertising companies to ensure that the principles that govern advertising in traditional media apply and are enforced online more broadly.

Thee White Paper on online harms will be published in winter 2018/19. This will consider the full range of possible solutions to address issues relating to online safety and ensure industry takes responsibility for harms, including legal and regulatory changes where necessary.