CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

DCMS* – ONLINE AGE CHECKS AND DIGITAL ID - 29 July 2026

DCMS* – ONLINE AGE CHECKS AND DIGITAL ID - 29 July 2026

Sir Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what checks will be introduced to ensure that no-one under 16 can participate in social media; how such age-checks will be introduced for children without age-screening social media participants; and whether such an age-checking system will constitute digital ID for people engaging in social media.

[Due for Answer on 3 September]