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Pornography: Internet

Asked by Jess AsatoLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 903458

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for responding to the recommendations of the report entitled Creating a safer world: the challenge of regulating online pornography, published on 27 February 2025.

Answered by Feryal Clark

Services in scope of the Online Safety Act are already required to take action to tackle horrific illegal pornographic content and will be required prevent children accessing all pornographic content.


The Secretary of State has met Baroness Bertin to discuss her review. The review’s findings continue to be assessed by the Government and an update will be provided in due course.

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