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Intimate Image Abuse: Software

Asked by Jas AthwalLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 7 November 2025UIN 86512

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ban nudification apps from online app stores.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The government is concerned about the proliferation of AI-enabled products and services that facilitate the creation of deepfake non-consensual intimate images.

Government legislated to ban the non-consensual creation of sexually explicit deepfake images in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, ensuring that offenders face the appropriate punishments for this atrocious harm. The government is aware of the concerns over the tools themselves and is looking into this closely.

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