Members: Twitter

(asked on 22nd October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of Twitter's response to complaints by House authorities about abuse or threats directed at Members of Parliament.


Answered by
Tom Brake Portrait
Tom Brake
This question was answered on 28th October 2019

Parliament has established a reasonable relationship with the main social media companies, including Twitter. We continually monitor the effectiveness of our work as we regularly raise abusive content directly with the company on behalf of Members.

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