Keep door open to UK laws on AI-enabled sexual exploitation, lawmakers told (update*)
By Imogen Howse ( October 28, 2026, 11:38 GMT | Insight) -- The door should remain open to further UK legislation to tackle AI-enabled sexual exploitation, the country's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has told lawmakers. Eleanor Lyons also said digital platforms need to take far greater accountability for harms on their sites and called for fuller application of the UK's online safety law. Further UK legislation should remain under consideration to tackle AI-enabled sexual exploitation and platforms should also be doing more to prevent online abuse, the country's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner told lawmakers on Tuesday....
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