Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the finding by the British Board of Film Classification on 23 June that 80 per cent of UK pornography users support rules to prevent online platforms from publishing or distributing pornography that depicts violence or abuse, what plans they have to introduce rules for that purpose.

Creating a safer online world is a priority for the government. Services regulated under the Online Safety Act must take action to tackle illegal pornographic content, including extreme pornography, which is a priority offence under the Act. Children will also be protected from pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Government departments are also undertaking detailed work to consider how best to tackle the complex set of issues raised by Baroness Bertin’s Independent Pornography Review.