Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 108074
Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material
Tabled: 23 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of making the testing of AI models a legal requirement on the use of AI systems to create child sexual abuse material.
Answer
Kanishka NarayanThe 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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