Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 67204

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Gregor Poynton

Labour — Livingston

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to include statutory obligations for AI developers to adopt safety-by-design measures to prevent the creation of child sexual abuse content.

Answer

Feryal Clark
The Government recognises the importance of tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Creating, possessing, or distributing CSAM, including AI Generated CSAM, is illegal. The Online Safety Act requires services to proactively identify and ...
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