Liz Kendall

Tech companies have had countless opportunities to keep children safe, yet they have failed to act. That is why we are a taking power away from the tech giants and putting it back in parents’ hands.

This government is determined to win for Britain on AI. That means seizing the opportunities, dealing with the risks, and shaping this powerful technology to work for all - not just the powerful few.

This government believes AI sovereignty is not about isolationism or attempting to pull up the drawbridge and go it alone.

The Technology Secretary rejected calls to pause the development of artificial intelligence, describing such a move as “a double betrayal” of British talent and British interests.

But detection is only part of the solution. That is why we have criminalised the creation of non-consensual intimate images, and are going further to ban the nudification tools that fuel this abuse.

The platforms that host such material must be held accountable – including X.