Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 104566

Artificial Intelligence: Pornography

Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 15 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal DemocratWinchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what fines, sanctions or enforcement measures her Department is applying to technology companies that make available artificial intelligence tools capable of generating sexually explici

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Under the Online Safety Act, sharing, or threatening to share, a deepfake intimate image without consent is a criminal offence. The government will also urgently bring into force a new offence which criminalises the creation of intimate images without con...

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