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Select Committee · Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Disinformation and ‘fake news’

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Sep 2017 Closed: 16 Jul 2019 2 reports
Inquiry scopeFinal Report: Disinformation and 'fake news' (HC 1791 17/19), published 18 February 2019. Government Response to Final Report (HC 2184 17/19), published 9 May 2019. Interim Report: Disinformation and ‘fake news’ (HC 363 17/19), published 29 July 2018. Government Response to Interim Report (HC 1630 17/19), published 23 October 2018. This inquiry continues the former Committee's work on fake news .

Reports

2 reports

Oral evidence sessions

21 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
27 Nov 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
6 Nov 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
31 Oct 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
12 Jun 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
6 Jun 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
22 May 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
16 May 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
15 May 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
2 May 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
26 Apr 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
24 Apr 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
17 Apr 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
27 Mar 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
21 Mar 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
14 Mar 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
6 Mar 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
27 Feb 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
8 Feb 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
23 Jan 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
16 Jan 2018 No witnesses recorded View ↗
19 Dec 2017 No witnesses recorded View ↗

Correspondence

30 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
5 Mar 2019 To committee Letter from Richard Allan, Facebook, to the Chair, re Mainstream Network, 4 March 2019
22 Jan 2019 To committee Letter from Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, to the Chair, re AIQ oral evidence, 20 September 2018
22 Jan 2019 — Correspondence with Richard Cook, Constitutional Research Council, 5 and 26 November 2018
25 Nov 2018 — Correspondence between the Chair and Richard Allen, Facebook, 25 November 2018
19 Nov 2018 To committee Letter from the Grand Committee to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, re oral evidence, 19 November 2018
14 Nov 2018 To committee Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, re oral evidence, 12 November 2018
7 Nov 2018 To committee Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, re oral evidence, 2 November 2018
7 Nov 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, re oral evidence, 7 November 2018
31 Oct 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, re oral evidence, 31 October 2018
29 Jun 2018 To committee Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 8 June 2018
22 May 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 21 May 2018
16 May 2018 To committee Annex to letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, dated 14 May: Letter from Gareth Lambe, Facebook, to Louise Edwards, Electoral Commission, 14 May 2018
15 May 2018 To committee Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 14 May 2018
1 May 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 1 May 2018
28 Mar 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 28 March 2018
28 Mar 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Alexander Nix, 28 March 2018
27 Mar 2018 To committee Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 26 March 2018
22 Mar 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Alexander Nix, 22 March 2018
20 Mar 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, 20 March 2018
28 Feb 2018 To committee Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, to the Chair, 28 February 2018
25 Jan 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 25 January 2018
25 Jan 2018 To committee Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to the Chair, 19 January 2018
17 Jan 2018 To committee Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, to the Chair, 17 January 2018
14 Dec 2017 To committee Letter from the Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 14 December 2017
14 Dec 2017 To committee Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to the Chair, 13 December 2017
28 Nov 2017 To committee Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to the Chair, 24 November 2017
28 Nov 2017 To committee Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, to the Chair, 21 November 2017
3 Nov 2017 To committee Letter from the Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, re Russian-linked accounts
24 Oct 2017 To committee Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, re Russian-linked accounts
19 Oct 2017 To committee Letter from the Chair to Dara Nasr, Twitter, 19 October 2017