Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material
Commons · Question 106781 · Tabled 19 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to introduce regulations ensuring generative AI cannot be misused to create extreme sexual abuse material involving children.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 27 Jan 2026
The government is committed to tackling the creation of this atrocious material. Creating, possessing, or distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including AI Generated CSAM, is illegal. The Online Safety Act requires services to proactively iden...