Question follow-through · 21798
ICT: Child Sexual Abuse Material
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring (a) smart phone, (b) tablet (c) and other technology manufacturers to incorporate (i) HarmBlock and (ii) other similar CSAM classifier
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring (a) smart phone, (b) tablet (c) and other technology manufacturers to incorporate (i) HarmBlock and (ii) other similar CSAM classifier
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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16 Sept 2026
Answer published
This Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from online sexual abuse. The previous Prime Minister announced on 8 June 2026 that the UK would become the first country in the world where it is impossible for children to take, sha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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