Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 106781

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

Tabled: 19 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to introduce regulations ensuring generative AI cannot be misused to create extreme sexual abuse material involving children.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The government is committed to tackling the creation of this atrocious material. Creating, possessing, or distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including AI Generated CSAM, is illegal. The Online Safety Act requires services to proactively iden...

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