Written Correction

Wednesday 9th September 2026

(2 days, 7 hours ago)

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Wednesday 9 September 2026

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Wednesday 9th September 2026

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Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Wednesday 9th September 2026

(2 days, 7 hours ago)

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Online Safety
The following is an extract from the statement on Online Safety on 8 September 2026.
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…Children are facing unacceptable levels of sexual harm online. They are being groomed, coerced and manipulated into creating and sharing intimate images across online services. The Internet Watch Foundation believes that 91% of these images are self-generated by children. They are used for blackmail and sexual extortion.

[Official Report, 8 September 2026; Vol. 790, c. 917.]

Written correction submitted by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the right hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy):

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…Children are facing unacceptable levels of sexual harm online. They are being groomed, coerced and manipulated into creating and sharing intimate images across online services. In 2024, 91% of reports of child sexual abuse imagery assessed by the Internet Watch Foundation contained at least one instance of self-generated images. They are used for blackmail and sexual extortion.