The world is already in a state of awe, and alarm, over the extraordinary power and potentially terrifying consequences of AI. There are good reasons to be concerned, not least because the power to control social narratives will be concentrated in the hands of those few who own the bots. It is not surprising that politicians, who have made a career out of wielding power or attempting to do so, should seek to act against the new competition in order to maintain their own grip over the populace. In most cases, governments can expect some resistance to their attempts at censoring AI, whether or not the censorship is justifiable. There is one 'issue', however, that nobody is allowed to speak up against: 'pedophilia'. And so governments like the UK, with a long history of government overreach, spying, and censorship, are using the fear of AI 'child pornography' to drive the thin end of the authoritarian wedge under the door.