Big Tech companies like Apple and Google have been given three months to activate built in safeguards on smartphones and tablets to detect and block nude images for children.
This will prevent predators from exploiting and abusing victims through their devices, as well as stopping children accessing pornography.
If companies do not act within three months, the government will bring forward legislation to force them to activate the technology.
This will include fines for companies and, as a last resort, we are exploring criminal liability for tech bosses who fail to comply.
91% of online child sexual abuse reports recorded in 2024 contained self‑generated content. Children as young as five are being groomed, manipulated and coerced by online predators into creating and sharing explicit images.
Predators then use these images to blackmail children into creating more extreme content and, in the most horrific cases, children have committed suicide on livestream or engaged in self‑harm.
These features are not about surveillance or policing people’s phones - they are about protecting our children from vile predators.
Over‑18s will still be able to view adult content by providing proof of age.
There is no data collection, no monitoring and no reporting. The device will simply block harmful content across all apps and services.
This will make Britain the first country in the world where it is impossible for children to take, share or view naked pictures on their devices.
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