Despicable people who create sexually explicit 바카라œdeepfakes바카라 will face prosecution under a new law going through its parliamentary journey, the British government said on Tuesday.
Deepfake refers to images and videos made to look hyper-realistic, with the victim usually unaware and unable to give their consent. Recent years have seen the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to add the faces of celebrities or public figures - most often women - into pornographic films.
Under the new offence, those who create such images without consent face a criminal record and an unlimited fine. If the deepfake content is then shared more widely, offenders could be sent to jail.
바카라œThe creation of deepfake sexual images is despicable and completely unacceptable irrespective of whether the image is shared,바카라 said Laura Farris, UK Minister for Victims and Safeguarding.
바카라œIt is another example of ways in which certain people seek to degrade and dehumanise others - especially women. And it has the capacity to cause catastrophic consequences if the material is shared more widely. This government will not tolerate it. This new offence sends a crystal-clear message that making this material is immoral, often misogynistic, and a crime,바카라 she said.
"This government is cracking down on the vile degenerates who make sexually explicit 바카라˜deepfakes바카라™. We바카라™re introducing a new law to ban the creation of these distressing and abusive images," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote on X.
Last year, reforms in the UK's Online Safety Act criminalised the sharing of 바카라œdeepfake바카라 intimate images for the first time. The new offence, which will be introduced through an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, will mean anyone who makes sexually explicit deepfake images of adults maliciously and without consent can now also face prosecution. It will apply to images of adults as the country바카라™s law already covers this behaviour where the image is of a child under the age of 18.
The Ministry of Justice said the Bill, which continues its passage through Parliament, is also creating a range of new criminal offences to punish those who take or record intimate images without consent 바카라“ or install equipment to enable someone to do so. The government has also re-classified violence against women and girls as a national threat, meaning the country's police must prioritise their response to it, just as they do with threats like terrorism.
Under the Bill, a new statutory aggravating factor will be brought in for offenders who cause death through abusive, degrading or dangerous sexual behaviour 바카라“ or so-called 바카라œrough sex바카라, often used as a defence in such legal cases.
A new statutory aggravating factor for bitter former partners who murder at the end of a relationship is also a part of reforms following recommendations made in the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review three years ago.
