United Kingdom: Criminalisation of creation of sexually explicit deepfakes in amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
16 Apr 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

16 Apr 2024
under deliberation

Announced amendment to Criminal Justice Bill criminalising creation of sexually explicit deepfakes

On 16 April 2024, an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill criminalising the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes without consent was announced by the Government. The Bill would make the creation of deepfake images a criminal offence, subjecting…

Source
Event type law
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body central government