A group of British peers and members of Parliament is calling for a requirement that every phone and tablet sold in Britain include software that blocks or blurs child sexual abuse images directly on the device.
Britain · Device-level child safety
Lawmakers call for on-device blocking of child sexual abuse images on every phone and tablet
A group of British peers and MPs wants every phone and tablet sold in Britain to blur or block child sexual abuse images directly on the device, and wants existing handsets covered by a mandatory software update.
How the proposal would work
Step 1
Filter on the device
Images are blurred or blocked on the phone or tablet itself, not only in the cloud.
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Step 2
Require it by law
Every phone and tablet sold in Britain would need the software included.
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Step 3
Extend to devices in use
A mandatory update would bring handsets already owned under the same requirement.
Case put forward by supporters
Filtering at the point where images are received or stored could reduce how abusive material circulates.
Device-level protection does not depend only on cloud services or messaging platforms.
The approach covers existing handsets, not just new sales.
Questions still open
How the filtering would be implemented and how accuracy would be ensured.
How user privacy and data handling would be protected.
How a mandatory update to existing devices would work in practice.
What responsibility device makers would carry.
Where it stands
This is a call for action, not a confirmed regulation.
Led by a member of the House of Lords; the full proposal is not yet detailed.
No formal bill or government text has been identified so far.
Positions of manufacturers, regulators and the government remain unknown.
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