Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 106782

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

IndependentDewsbury and Batley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure AI tools are safe by design to prevent the creation of child sexual abuse material.

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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