Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 114345

Pornography: Regulation

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Rebecca Paul

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make it her policy that types of pornographic content that it would be illegal to distribute offline, such as scenes depicting incest and scenes of simulated child abuse, ar

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Online Safety Act (OSA) already places robust duties on online platforms to tackle illegal and harmful pornographic content. Platforms are required to prevent users from encountering such content, and services that host or allow access to pornography ...

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