Written question asked by Gerald Jones (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Kanishka Narayan (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Internet: Children and Young People
- 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 impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on protecting children and young people from online harms.
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I met and made clear to Ofcom’s chief executive that keeping children safe online is my top priority.
Since taking post I’ve already strengthened the Online Safety Act: to make encouraging self-harm and cyber-flashing priority offences, so services must proactively remove this abhorrent content.
And today I can announce we will amend the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure AI models cannot produce child sexual abuse material, and address vulnerabilities where they can.
I will not hesitate to go further where evidence shows it’s needed.
Parents should be able to have confidence that children and young people are safe as they benefit from the opportunities that being online offers.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 906327
- Session
- 2024-26
- Question not reached
- Yes
- Subjects
- Children Internet Safety Young people
- Legislation
- Online Safety Act 2023
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- 2025-12-09 15:53:14 +0000
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