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1696555

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Camrose on 11 March (HL2719), whether, as a result of engagement between Aylo and XHamster, the Information Commissioner's Office was satisfied that these two websites are operating in full accordance with data protection law, including the Age Appropriate Design Code, and if not, what further regulatory action they are taking to achieve compliance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
	uin	HL3312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The ICO provided advice and guidance to Aylo and XHamster on compliance with data protection legislation and on their Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs). The ICO would consider further interactions with these organisations if subsequent compliance concerns arise.</p><p> </p><p>Should the ICO receive a complaint that these or any other pornography website organisations have breached their obligations, the ICO would consider the complaint and take action where necessary.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 03/04/2024 12:46:09 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

1691848

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the government of Australia’s response to the Roadmap for Age Verification for online pornographic material in August 2023, specifically the decision not to mandate age verification for the time being; and whether there are lessons for UK policy in this area.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kamall
	uin	HL2738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, publishers of pornographic content and user-to-user providers which allow pornography must use highly effective age verification or age estimation to ensure children are not normally able to encounter this content on their service. This reflects the serious risks that this type of content poses to children.</p><p>The Australian response to the Roadmap notes that age assurance technologies are still in development. The Act ensures that, as new solutions develop, these can be used to support the protection of children.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 11/03/2024 14:49:49 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall

1691889

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many pornographic websites have been the subject of (1) regulatory inquiries, or (2) formal investigations by the Information Commissioner’s Office, regarding their use of children’s personal data, on the basis that they are likely to be accessed by minors, since the Age Appropriate Design Code came into force in September 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
	uin	HL2719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Following publication of its <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/childrens-information/childrens-code-guidance-and-resources/likely-to-be-accessed-by-children/" target="_blank">“Likely to be accessed by children&quot;</a> guidance, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has worked with Ofcom and engaged with two pornographic website companies (Aylo and XHamster).</p><p> </p><p>During the development of its guidance on the Age Appropriate Design Code, the ICO also worked with the content subscription service provider OnlyFans on how the code would impact their processing activities.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO proactively reviewed the Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for all three organisations, providing feedback where appropriate, and suggesting improvements in two cases. These were not formal investigations.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 11/03/2024 15:00:12 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

1673775

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their anticipated timeline for the introduction of age verification measures to prevent children’s access to online pornography.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	uin	HL652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having the Online Safety regulatory regime operational as soon as possible. During passage of the Act, we set an 18-month deadline for Ofcom to finalise certain guidance and codes of practice, including those relating to child safety duties and duties on regulated provider pornographic content.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom published its draft guidance for Part 5 of the Act (provider pornographic content) on 5 December 2023. The draft codes for children’s safety duties will follow in spring next year. Collectively, these documents will set out the steps firms should take regarding age verification and age estimation measures to prevent children’s access to online pornography. Once Ofcom has issued its final codes of practice and guidance, we will commence the corresponding duties.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that we expect companies to take steps now to improve safety, and not wait for codes of practice or guidance to come into force before acting.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 12/12/2023 17:59:42 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1673777

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether Ofcom has any plans (1) to hold discussions with the British Board of Film Classification to support its regulation of online pornography sites, and (2) to collaborate with the Internet Watch Foundation, in relation to child sex abuse material.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	uin	HL654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the Online Safety Act 2023 will decide on the stakeholder engagement it will carry out. It has said that it will engage with a range of stakeholders as it develops its guidance and codes of practice for the regulatory regime.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 12/12/2023 14:13:02 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1671978

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to give people who feature in pornographic material the right to withdraw their consent to that material being (a) published and (b) distributed.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	2826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Online Safety Act, which received Royal Assent on 26 October, will bring in a new offence for intimate image abuse, which will criminalise the sharing of intimate images or films without consent.</p><p /> <p>Additionally, the government has committed to undertaking a review of pornography legislation, regulation and enforcement, which will assess whether the regulation of online pornography in the UK is fit for purpose in tackling exploitation and abuse.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 27/11/2023 16:56:20 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1643579

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential effectiveness of the Online Safety Bill in tackling online access to pornography by children.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	188881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will ensure that companies protect children from online pornography, wherever it appears online. It will cover all online sites that offer pornography, including commercial pornography sites, social media platforms, video sharing platforms, forums and search engines. These companies will have to prevent children from accessing pornography, using measures such as age verification, or Ofcom will be able to bring enforcement action against them.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/06/2023 09:22:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1599701

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of violent and abusive online pornography on violence against women and girls.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL5945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office published 2 reports in 2021 on the relationship between pornography and harmful sexual practices, including violence against women and girls. These are ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-publications/the-relationship-between-pornography-use-and-harmful-sexual-behaviours" target="_blank"><em>The relationship between pornography use and harmful sexual behaviours’</em></a><em> </em>and <em>‘</em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-publications/the-relationship-between-pornography-use-and-harmful-sexual-attitudes-and-behaviours-literature-review" target="_blank"><em>The relationship between pornography use and harmful sexual attitudes and behaviours: a literature review’</em></a>.<em> </em>These are available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>The reports indicate that there is not one single factor that leads someone to engage in harmful sexual behaviour, rather it is a combination of factors which interact with one another to differing effects on each individual. No causal link could be established between porn use and harmful sexual practices as the evidence can not establish if the use of porn leads to harmful sexual practices, or if it is the other way round. Conclusively establishing such a link would require impractical and unethical study conditions (exposing individuals who have never seen it, to porn).</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/03/2023 17:16:01 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1538933

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to amending any aspects of the Guidance from the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to the Age-Verification Regulator for Online Pornography, published in January 2018 and presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 27 of the Digital Economy Act 2017, before commencement of provisions in Part 3 of that Act; and if so, which aspects they will amend.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
	uin	HL3137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>In October 2019, His Majesty’s Government announced its decision to use the Online Safety Bill to protect children from pornography. The provisions in this Bill will provide greater protection to children than Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act. It will cover a wider range of services, including social media companies and search services, which were not in scope of the Digital Economy Act, and which play a significant role in enabling children to access harmful content online.</p><p><br>There is no statutory obligation to update the guidance mentioned in section 27 of the Digital Economy Act. As HM Government intends to repeal Part 3 of that Act through the Online Safety Bill, amending this guidance would not serve any purpose as it will not be used. Instead, Ofcom, as the independent regulator for the online safety regime, will set out the steps companies can take to protect children from harmful content such as pornography in codes of practice. Ofcom will also publish guidance for companies to meet the duty to protect children from published pornography in Part 5 of the Bill. The Secretary of State will also have a general power to issue guidance to Ofcom about the exercise of its functions under the Bill.</p><p><br>Ofcom will have a range of powers to assess whether companies are fulfilling their duties, and will be empowered to enforce the new regulatory regime. The British Board of Film Classification’s designation as the age verification regulator under the Digital Economy Act was revoked following the October 2019 announcement.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL3138 HL3139 HL3140 HL3141 question first answered 17/11/2022 13:04:38 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

1538934

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are under a statutory obligation to update the Guidance from the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to the Age-Verification Regulator for Online Pornography, published in January 2018 and presented to Parliament pursuant to section 27 of the Digital Economy Act 2017; and if so, how often they are obliged to update it.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
	uin	HL3138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>In October 2019, His Majesty’s Government announced its decision to use the Online Safety Bill to protect children from pornography. The provisions in this Bill will provide greater protection to children than Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act. It will cover a wider range of services, including social media companies and search services, which were not in scope of the Digital Economy Act, and which play a significant role in enabling children to access harmful content online.</p><p><br>There is no statutory obligation to update the guidance mentioned in section 27 of the Digital Economy Act. As HM Government intends to repeal Part 3 of that Act through the Online Safety Bill, amending this guidance would not serve any purpose as it will not be used. Instead, Ofcom, as the independent regulator for the online safety regime, will set out the steps companies can take to protect children from harmful content such as pornography in codes of practice. Ofcom will also publish guidance for companies to meet the duty to protect children from published pornography in Part 5 of the Bill. The Secretary of State will also have a general power to issue guidance to Ofcom about the exercise of its functions under the Bill.</p><p><br>Ofcom will have a range of powers to assess whether companies are fulfilling their duties, and will be empowered to enforce the new regulatory regime. The British Board of Film Classification’s designation as the age verification regulator under the Digital Economy Act was revoked following the October 2019 announcement.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL3137 HL3139 HL3140 HL3141 question first answered 17/11/2022 13:04:38 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin