Creation of sexually explicit deepfakes to become a crime

Creating sexually explicit "deep fake" images will become a criminal offence under new laws aimed at protecting women and girls.

The proliferation of the often hyper-realistic images has grown at an alarming rate, causing devastating harm to victims - something Channel 4 News has reported on extensively.

The new offence will mean perpetrators could be charged for both creating and sharing the images.

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[guidobolke]

Wow, doing this at the height of discussion about failings in handling grooming gangs is ....

[uwotmate-dm]

Lol this law will never be enforced. Impossible to stop AI

[bazzilbrush-tw]

I feel for the people or person who is being faked, but how can the government be so concerned about it when they don't even care about the abuse of poor children 😢😢😢

[DardaniaLion]

This is just the beginning. I am sure at some point, a person would commit a murder then use AI to change face and make someone else the criminal without him being even there.

[martinwilliams]

What if the image is modified in some way, say different coloured eyes or slightly different nose?

[allykhan]

In that case arrest itself, bbc and MI6.

[lukemorgan]

They already arresting you for thought crimes
Now they're arresting you for glorified drawings haha 😂
Actual clown society

[Thomas-vgov]

I agree with Mrs. Davies, enough is enough, six months and most people have had more than enough of that bunch of inept reckless clueless clowns we now in government.

[goatzyemen]

These cyborgs are getting more realistic looking. Eye brows are a bit off, and the shiny plastic is still a give away, but wow, it’s improving fast

[Hadrian-pf]

Yeah why fake it a slapper like that would do it for publicity anyway.

[alienJIZ]

I totally thought this was Lana 😂 I was gonna say there's not anything the AI can do that's not already out there

[molkakaminski]

this is quite funny why is it illegal? imagine keith starmer mounting a royal😂

[Bopop]

Priorities eh... Given the 'far right bandwagon' going on in Rotherham and oldham

[catzov]

Sounds fake, no one would bother creating any content using her image. Nobody knows who she is!

[JohnHaveaguessGoogle]

P.S...I've just had a disturbing thought that someone might do a pornographic deep fake of Jess Phillips...it's horrifying.
It needs to stop.

[jimmyb]

Report on the institutional failures of the grooming gangs perhaps? Do your jobs C4, disgraceful editorialising.