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

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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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

  1. 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

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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