Written question asked by Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 23 January 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 January 2026. It was answered by Kanishka Narayan (Labour) on Monday, 2 February 2026 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making the testing of AI models a legal requirement to help prevent AI systems from being used to create child sexual abuse material.
- Answer
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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 identify and remove this content.
We are taking further action in the Crime and Policing Bill to criminalise CSAM image generators, and to ensure AI developers can directly test for and address vulnerabilities in their models which enable the production of CSAM.
The Government is clear: no option is off the table when it comes to protecting the online safety of users in the UK.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 108075
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Regulation Testing Artificial intelligence Child sexual abuse material
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- 2026-03-11 12:35:36 +0000
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