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

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their Digital Charter to address online bullying.

As part of our work on the Digital Charter, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published an Internet Safety Strategy on 11 October which focuses on keeping all users safe online. The Strategy covers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and Government's role in supporting users.

The Strategy consults on the introduction of the social media code of practice, as laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, which will address conduct that involves bullying or insulting an individual online, or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate the individual.

The consultation will close on 7 December and we will publish a Government response in early 2018.