Question follow-through · 67204

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to include statutory obligations for AI developers to adopt safety-by-design measures to prevent the creation of child sexual abuse content.

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
15 Jul 2025
Answer
21 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to include statutory obligations for AI developers to adopt safety-by-design measures to prevent the creation of child sexual abuse content.

  2. 15 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Creating, possessing, or distributing CSAM, including AI Generated CSAM, is illegal. The Online Safety Act requires services to proactively identify and ...

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