Question follow-through · 104988

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making UK AISI / Thorn's guidance entitled Recommended Practice for AI-G CSEA Prevention, published in December 2025,

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
14 Jan 2026
Answer
26 Jan 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making UK AISI / Thorn's guidance entitled Recommended Practice for AI-G CSEA Prevention, published in December 2025,

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of tackling AI-generated CSAM. Creating, possessing, or distributing CSAM, including AI Generated CSAM, is illegal. The Online Safety Act requires services to proactively identify and remove this content. We are ta...

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