New Amendment to Online Safety Bill Will Criminalise ‘Deepfake’ Pornography

New Amendment to Online Safety Bill Will Criminalise ‘Deepfake’ Pornography
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab departs following a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London on Nov. 22, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Owen Evans
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Sharing “downblouse” images and pornographic “deepfakes” without consent could be criminalised in England and Wales.

On Friday, the government announced that it will put forward an amendment to the Online Safety Bill, which would criminalise the sharing of a person’s intimate images without their consent.
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