Question follow-through · 104563
Artificial Intelligence: Pornography
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to prevent software companies from releasing artificial intelligence tools that enable the creation of sexually explicit images, in particular of wom
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to prevent software companies from releasing artificial intelligence tools that enable the creation of sexually explicit images, in particular of wom
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2026
Answer published
Under the Online Safety Act, sharing, or threatening to share, a deepfake intimate image without consent is a criminal offence. The government will also urgently bring into force a new offence which criminalises the creation of intimate images without con...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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