PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disinformation: Young People (19 December 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to promote teaching young people how to critically analyse what they view on the internet and in the media to help them identify fake news.

Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)

As part of our Internet Safety Strategy and through our work with the Department for Education, we are ensuring that children have the knowledge they need to critically assess information. This will help children and young people identify intentionally misleading information on the Internet and in the media.

Answered by:
Matt Hancock (Conservative)
22 December 2017