Offences against Children: Internet
Commons · Question 100553 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to help tackle the use of end-to-end encryption in proliferating indecent images of children.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 22 Dec 2025
The implementation of E2EE without safety mitigations has catastrophic consequences. In 2024, tech companies reported 7 million fewer incidents of suspected child sexual abuse exploitation to NCMEC compared to 2023. This decline is linked to reduced detec...