Question follow-through · 885
Sexual Offences: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to strengthen protections for victims of sexual abuse from (a) harassment and (b) threatening or coercive communication online.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to strengthen protections for victims of sexual abuse from (a) harassment and (b) threatening or coercive communication online.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The Secretary of State and I have acted to prevent platforms hosting child sexual abuse material and material that contributes to violence against women and girls by banning AI nudification apps and requiring platforms to take down non-consensual intimate...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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