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We're a cross-party group of @HouseofCommons MPs holding @SciTechgovuk and its associated bodies to account. See what we are working on 👇

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Yesterday we asked Mark Bunting, Director of Online Safety Strategy Delivery Ofcom, about what the regulator was doing to tackle the radicalisation of young people and the gender-based violence depicted in the Jack Thorne Netflix drama "Adolescence"

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Tech firms TikTok UK, X, Google & Meta have responded to our follow-up questions, after giving evidence in February. They were questioned as part of our inquiry into social media, misinformation & harmful algorithms 👇

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Earlier this week Neil Lee, Professor of Economic Geography from LSE posed the question of how centres of excellence like Oxford and Cambridge can expand their benefits to the wider UK economy.

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If US scientists are looking to leave the country, it presents an opportunity for the UK’s world-leading science sector. We've written to Lord Patrick Vallance to call for the UK to do more to support and attract scientists who may be leaving the US 👇

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Tomorrow at 9.45am we're questioning former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green and local government representatives on the use of technology to deliver public services. Find out more👇

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Yesterday we asked Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, about his work on Universal Credit, and how to make sure the Civil Service has the skills it needs for digital transformation.

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Tomorrow at 9.45am we're questioning Ofcom on their implementation of the Online Safety Act, the rollout of rural broadband, and their approach to the UK's cyber security challenges.👇

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Yesterday we heard from Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive at Ofcom, that the Government will be asking Ofcom to regulate data centre access under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.