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Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

Commons · Question 23211 · Tabled 10 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Peter Fortune

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with UK Research and Innovation on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing child sexual abuse images cre

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 20 Jan 2025

The government has regular meetings with research and business organisations on matters relating to online safety and AI. The Online Safety Act places duties on platforms to proactively detect, prevent and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM), includ...