Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 40358

Internet: Offences against Children

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Dan Aldridge

LabourWeston-super-Mare

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Ofcom requires all user-to-user services to remove child sexual abuse content from their platforms.

Answer

Feryal Clark
The Online Safety Act creates new duties on online services to tackle illegal content and activity. The strongest duties are to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation (CSEA) and to stop child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from being shared. Th...

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