Briefing from the Internet Watch Foundation: Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage

However, it is only applicable as an offence if it relates to directions of the sexual abuse of real children and specifically omits “pseudo photographs.” Section 69 of the Serious Crime Act (2015) makes no reference to the offence of directing people to use technology such as text-to-image based Generative Artificial Intelligence or machine learning to create child sexual abuse material, or provi. [...] The evolution of AI technology is seen as the ultimate solution in allowing them to feel close to the sensation of interacting with and abusing a real child as possible, without committing the act of physically abusing a child. [...] Alex Chalk MP What does the New Clause do? This New Clause tabled by the Government, imposes a duty on persons engaging in a relevant activity in England to make a notification to the police or to a local authority if, in the course of that activity the person is given reason to suspect a child sexual offence may have been committed. [...] The Internet Watch Foundation is part of the IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) Changemakers, a group of 65 members including charities, individuals, people with lived experience of child sexual abuse, support services and groups that work on the frontline and have experience of preventing and tackling child sexual abuse. [...] Whilst this amendment applies to adults, the removal of these apps and seeing them disabled to public use in the UK has huge benefits to the protection of children too.