Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce a mandatory duty for online pornography services to comply with the requirements of a third party content audit, to ensure they do not carry any illegal or harmful material.

The Independent Pornography Review highlighted the need for greater parity between the treatment of offline and online pornography. Government agrees, and the cross government Joint Team was tasked to develop a delivery plan to set out how it will achieve greater parity. This includes testing the effectiveness of different approaches, with options for audit and reporting functions. Government is considering the full range of options and will revert to Parliament with a delivery plan.