Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 82078

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Gill German

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to introduce statutory safeguards to help prevent AI chatbots from being used to simulate sexual (a) activity and (b) scenarios involving children.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The government is committed to tackling the atrocious harm of child sexual exploitation and abuse.The strongest protections in the Online Safety Act are for children – regulated services must remove illegal content and prevent children from encountering h...

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