PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - 9 September 2026 (Commons/Written Corrections)

…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):

…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.