UK Moves To Ban Non-Consensual Deepfake Adult Imagery Online

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In recent years, a new wave of imagery has placed women in uncompromising positions they were never involved in to begin with. Deepfakes superimpose images and audio with the faces and voices of others, and non-consensual pornography is one of its more nefarious applications. With the technology becoming more advanced, making it difficult to differentiate between fact and fantasy, the UK is drafting new laws to prevent the exploitation of more victims.

In a breakthrough announcement, the UK government says it is planning to amend its Online Safety Bill to, for the first time, criminalize the sharing of sexually-explicit content manipulated with subjects who have not consented to their likeness being used.

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