Member

We have had the discussion, I have undertaken a close examination, and my officials at the Home Office have met with the company again since then. We share the determination to stop this. However, the Government want to take a slightly different approach through focusing on preventing children from ever taking, sharing or viewing nude imagery in the first place. That approach directly addresses the direct harm to the child at the earliest point in the abuse pathway, rather than acting only once an offender has already obtained the worst material. If we focus on interventions that block the initial production and circulation of nude imagery, we can prevent grooming and sextortion at their source while also dramatically reducing the volume of new CSAM. This would be a more advanced and protective approach than CSAM-only detection, and one that, critically, not only reduces harm to children but also limits the supply of new CSAM and constrains offenders’ ability to obtain content at all.