英国政府现计划推出新立法，对相关企业处以罚款并追究潜在刑事责任，并表示类似监管措施可能扩展至Snapchat和Instagram。

Now the UK government plans to introduce new legislation that would see companies face fines and potential criminal liability, and signaled similar plans could extend to Snapchat and Instagram.

今年6月，英国政府告知大型科技公司，必须在三个月内确保其设备无法拍摄、浏览或分享儿童裸露图像。“我期望科技企业切实落实这一要求，”时任首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）表示，“但如果它们选择不作为，我们将采取行动并修订法律。”根据新方案，未能将儿童保护技术整合至英国所有现有及新售智能手机和平板电脑中的企业，将面临罚款；其高管亦可能承担刑事责任。“我们深知，这一行业在必要时完全有能力——且事实上也确实能够——在危急关头以前所未有的速度实现创新。”南迪（Nandy）补充道。她指出：“长期以来，科技公司始终未能有效保护儿童免受最严重伤害；坦率而言，鉴于当前伤害正在发生，我无意再给予它们信任，假定其改进速度足以满足我们所需。”不过，她同时表示，若相关平台在立法草案制定期间即已部署相应解决方案，她将重新评估是否仍需立法。 并非所有人都支持这些措施——该措施不会影响已通过年龄验证的成年人。今年6月，通讯应用Signal指责英国政府借儿童安全之名，仓促推动“隐形监控基础设施”入法。它警告称，强制英国居民进行年龄验证并对用户内容实施扫描，可能成为更广泛监控的滑坡起点。谷歌（Google）一名发言人发表声明称，其团队“很高兴已在相关工作上取得进展，并完全致力于继续与专家、立法者、应用开发者及设备制造商合作，在保障儿童安全的同时，兼顾隐私保护与信息获取权。” 此外，南迪还表示，英国政府正考虑进一步强化早前宣布的、面向16岁以下儿童的社交媒体禁令——该禁令已于今年早些时候公布，目前仍按计划将于2027年春季生效。她亦正在研究加强对人工智能聊天机器人（AI chatbots）相关法律的修订，以期在这些平台上同样为儿童提供更有力的保护。

In June, the UK government told Big Tech it had three months to make taking, viewing, or sharing images of child nudity on their devices impossible. “I expect tech firms to make that happen,” said then prime minister Keir Starmer. “But if they choose not to, then we will act and change the law.” Under the new plan, companies failing to build the child protection solutions into all existing and newly sold smartphones and tablets in the UK would face fines and potential criminal liability for their bosses. “We know that this is a sector that can—when required—innovate at an extraordinary pace when the chips are down,” Nandy added. “For too long, technology companies have failed to protect children from the worst harms,” Nandy said, “and to be frank, I am not prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt that progress will continue at the pace we need it to while harm is being done now.” Still, she said she would reassess whether legislation is necessary if platforms implement solutions while it is being drawn up. Not everyone is so keen on the measures, which would not impact adults who had verified their age. In June, messaging app Signal accused the UK government of using the measures to rush “invisible surveillance infrastructure” into law. It warned that forcing UK residents to prove their age and have their content scanned in the name of child safety could be a slippery slope into wider surveillance. A Google spokesperson says in a statement that their team is “pleased to have made progress and are fully committed to continuing to work with experts, legislators, app developers and device manufacturers to keep children safe, while also protecting privacy and access to information.” In the UK, Nandy also said the government was considering going further with its sweeping social media ban for children under 16, which was announced earlier this year and remains on track to go into effect in spring 2027. She is also looking at strengthening the law around AI chatbots to protect children on those platforms as well.