Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 99877

Social Media: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 24 December 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment how social media platforms could use in-built AI to detect and protect children against (a) cyberbullying and (b) online grooming.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The government takes tackling cyberbullying and online grooming extremely seriously.Under the Online Safety Act, services must put in place measures to mitigate the risk of illegal activity, including grooming, and protect children from harmful content, s...

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