United Kingdom: Announced Crime and Policing Bill including new offences for non-consensual intimate image abuse

On 7 January 2025, the Ministry of Justice announced the introduction of new offences under the Crime and Policing Bill to address non-consensual intimate image abuse, including the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images. The new offences will criminalise the taking of intimate images without consent, the installation of equipment to facilitate such acts, and the sharing of such images, with penalties of up to two years’ custody. The classification of such actions as criminal offences will require online platforms to implement measures to stop their distribution and remove them.