1384 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs

Written Question
Published date: 11 Feb 2025
1384 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other document, if any, has the Minister received from the Department of Internal Affairs regarding protecting New Zealanders from AI generated child exploitation material?
Hon Brooke van Velden: I have received the following advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other document from the Department of Internal Affairs relating to protecting New Zealanders from AI generated child exploitation material: • ‘Introduction to the content regulatory system and related online safety work’ (7 December 2023); • ‘Material to support your interview with Radio New Zealand: The Department’s work to prevent access to Child Sexual Abuse Material and other objectionable content’ (27 February 2024); and • ‘Gen AI Child Sexual Abuse Material is Rapidly Increasing’ (1 August 2024).