Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material
Commons · Question 106782 · 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, what steps she is taking to ensure AI tools are safe by design to prevent the creation of child sexual abuse material.
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...