Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN HL1749

Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring the sharing of non-consensual AI-generated intimate images by chatbots into scope of the image-based abuse offences under section 66D of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Answer

Section 66D of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides information on how to interpret the “sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film” offences in section 66B. Section 66D(2) states, “A person “shares” something if the person, by any means...
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