The UK is taking deepfake porn increasingly seriously – in fact, if you’re caught making or sharing it in the UK, you could soon be sent to jail.
This week, the UK Ministry of Justice Announce A new law further criminalizes the distribution of sexually explicit computer-generated images. Sharing deepfake porn online is already illegal in the UK due to amendments to the Online Safety Act. Controversial digital security bill The regulation came into effect late last year.Now, newly proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill – another Controversial security law—Additional penalties will be imposed on individuals who create deepfake porn without consent.
“Under the new offences, those who create these horrific images without consent will face a criminal record and unlimited fines. If this image is shared more widely, offenders could be sent to prison,” the agency said on Tuesday Announce.
Deepfakes use machine learning trained on images or videos of real people to insert their likenesses into individual shots. In this case, the new footage is pornographic.
UK Victims and Protection Minister Laura Farris called the creation of deepfake porn “despicable” and said it was “completely unacceptable regardless of whether the images are shared.” Farris went on to say that the purpose of the new law is to send a “clear message that producing this material is unethical, often misogynistic and criminal.”
according to British Broadcasting CorporationThe amendment is currently before parliament and observers across the pond say it is likely to pass.
Gizmodo reached out to the UK Ministry of Justice for more information about the law and will update this story if we hear back.
In the United States, there are no equivalent federal laws against deepfake porn, despite years of complaints from affected celebrities and actresses.some states have regulations are designed to address this problem, although enforcement of these laws has not been much tested.Create and spread sexually suggestive AI images of Taylor Swift on X/Twitter At the beginning of this year, it caused an uproar lead to Congressional renewed interest in the question.