Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what actions she intends to take following the publication of the evidence review on misinformation commissioned by Chief Scientific Adviser, including the report’s recommendations on platform regulation.

This independent evidence review was commissioned to assess the evidence base on origins of misinformation, potential harms and mitigations. It sets out policy considerations arising from the evidence rather than recommendations for government to implement.

The Online Safety Act (OSA) requires services to tackle harmful online mis/disinformation, but it is not the end of the road. We are also working to increase platform transparency, strengthen researcher access to data and give users greater control over algorithmic feeds.