Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes

Ann Davies Excerpts
Monday 12th January 2026

(1 day, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liz Kendall Portrait Liz Kendall
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Yes, absolutely. We all worry about what happens to our constituents, our family, our friends and the people who work with us if they have the temerity to speak out. We will not be bullied, we will not be cowed, and I know for sure that my right hon. Friend will not.

Ann Davies Portrait Ann Davies (Caerfyrddin) (PC)
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Many women and girls will be shocked to hear some colleagues in this House suggest that AI deepfakes is a question of free speech. Plaid Cymru is clear: digital abuse is not free speech. Does the Secretary of State agree that protecting women and girls must never be conditional, and will she outline what the Government will do not only to criminalise the creation of deepfakes, but to stop these platforms creating this technology in the first place?

Liz Kendall Portrait Liz Kendall
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Yes, and I refer the hon. Lady to my statement, which I think spelled out in detail all the action we are taking.