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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Lisa Nandy's statement on protecting children online www.gov.uk/government/s... The UK Government is doubling down on device-level censorship despite the HarmBlock/SafeToNet debacle #techpolicy #childrights #openweb

Since June, officials from my department and the Home Office have overseen an unprecedented work programme with Apple and Google, working with senior leaders and engineers to explore new ways of preventing child sexual abuse and strengthening protections for children online.

I can report that - following this engagement - Apple and Google have provided the government with significant commitments.

Both companies have developed meaningful changes at the operating-level to make it harder for children to share nude imagery, we have seen progress in the blocking – not blurring – of nude imagery on underage devices, and this builds on significant milestones already in implementation - Apple's recent rollout earlier this year of operating-system level age assurance tied to safety features, preventing a child from receiving or sharing nude imagery on iMessage or Facetime.

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Online Safety hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026... Hansard transcript of yesterday's ministerial statement and clapping of flippers in the UK House of Commons Teens will still be able to look at themselves in the mirror though, is that a loophole

On what would constitute sufficient progress that would rid us of the need to introduce legislation, I would much rather the technology companies move at pace to meet their own social and moral obligations, but in the absence of that, the Government will step up and act. Frankly, if we were able to reach a situation very quickly, which we should be able to do with the right will, where children were not able to take or share nude images, then the problem would be solved. But I have to say, based on what I have seen in progress over the last three months, it is almost certain that we will be legislating in this area.

The hon. Lady asked about which devices. It is phones and tablets at a minimum, but I accept the point she makes, and we are exploring whether it is possible to extend this to other forms of technology.

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh mate. Somebody tell him

Iqbal Mohamed
(Dewsbury and Batley) (Ind)
I join the House in welcoming the statement and thank the Government for the steps they are taking to keep our children safe. Earlier this year, I met campaigners from Toggle showing location ofColumn 932SafeToNet who had invented hardware-level protection that they had installed on HTC-only devices and were trying to persuade other mobile manufacturers to include it. As well as software controls, hardware-level controls are out there, so I urge the Secretary of State to look at those. We know that Meta has just agreed to pay $18 billion in a legal settlement in the US, so will the Government pursue similar robust enforcement against such companies?

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