The British Labor government wants to take tough action against “sexually explicit” deepfakes. The head of the Justice Ministry announced that anyone who creates or distributes highly realistic content, usually generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) with explicit sexual references to people, could be prosecuted in the future. Is. Related acts involving such “hyper-realistic images” would generally be classified as crimes. The British government simply does not want to signal that “this despicable behaviour” will not be tolerated. Rather, it’s also about making it clear that “there is no excuse for creating sexually explicit deepfakes of a person without their consent.”
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In theory, sharing or threatening to publish an intimate image without consent is already a criminal offense in Great Britain. For example, this refers to revenge porn. Taking videos or photos without consent has so far only been criminalized in certain circumstances, such as so-called upskirting. People use invisible cell phone cameras to secretly take photos or film under the skirts or dresses of their victims while they are on the stairs.
with Plans made to tighten laws Anyone taking intimate photographs without consent can be jailed for up to two years. Anyone who installs equipment that allows them or someone else to make intimate recordings without consent also faces up to two years in prison. The initiative, which partly takes over a failed Conservative previous government proposal in April, refers to deepfakes containing sexually explicit images of adults. If the image depicts a child or young person under 18 the relevant behavior is already punishable.
Activist laments “national emergency”
“The abuse of intimate images is a national emergency,” said Jess Davis, a women’s rights activist who is advising the government on the project. This will cause significant, long-term harm to women and girls as they “completely lose control over their digital footprint.” The Executive’s Victims Commissioner, Alex Davies-Jones (Labour), stressed: “It is unacceptable that one in three women has been the victim of online abuse. This humiliating and disgusting form of chauvinism must not become the norm.”
according to British Revenge Porn Hotline Image-based abuse via deepfakes has increased by more than 400 percent since 2017. Channel 4 reported last year that Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was among more than 30 British politicians who became victims of a deepfake porn website. Tightening the criminal law is part of the government’s draft law on crime and policing. Now it should be presented in Parliament as soon as possible. In this country, the Federal Council generally wants to make deepfakes a criminal offense. He is demanding jail up to 5 years.
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