It will be a criminal offense to create false pornographic images of others under a new law announced on Tuesday.
Those convicted could face prosecution and fines, and if the photo is widely shared, the offender could be sent to prison.
According to the Department of Justice, even if someone creates sexually explicit fake images (called “deepfakes”) without inadvertently sharing them, it is a crime if they intend to cause “panic, humiliation, or distress to the victim.” .
Cally Jane Beech, activist and ex love island “This new offense is a step forward in further strengthening the law around deepfakes to better protect women,” the entrant said.
Love Island star Carly Jane Beach was the victim of deepfake porn.Image: AP
The Love Island star discovered photos of herself online which had been “distorted” and had fake nudity superimposed on them.
“The likeness of this photo is so real that anyone with fresh eyes would think it was AI generated images When it wasn’t real, it was real, and despite that, I still felt extremely violated,” she told Glamor magazine.
“Too many women continue to have their privacy, dignity and identity compromised in this way by malicious individuals, and it must stop,” she said Tuesday in response to the new law.
Deepfakes are often created using “generative artificial intelligence” tools. These programs use artificial intelligence to create images based on prompts given by the user.
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Most tools have built-in rules to block the creation of explicit images, but in March the government’s new Artificial Intelligence Security Research Institute found that “using basic prompting techniques, users were able to successfully breach security measures immediately”.
The scenarios they tested ranged from generating discriminatory images to harvesting personal information.
In January, deepfake images of Taylor Swift having sex were widely circulated on the Internet.Image: AP
Taylor Swift becomes high-profile victim of fake porn In January, the internet was flooded with fake pornographic images of the singer, but the problem is widespread.
A Channel 4 An investigation in March found that hundreds of British celebrities had fallen victim to deepfake porn, including the report’s presenter Cathy Newman.
“I didn’t think I would be too affected, but actually when I watched it, the only way to describe it was that it was illegal,” she told Radio 4’s Today program on Tuesday.
“It was a kindness on my part but it wasn’t me, but it was incredibly invasive. It was someone’s disgusting fantasy.”
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According to a report by cybersecurity firm Deeptrace, 96% of online deepfake video content in 2019 was non-consensual pornography.
Minister for Victims and Safeguarding Laura Farrism said: “This new offense sends a clear message that producing this material is unethical, often misogynistic and criminal Behavior.”
According to the Ministry of Justice, the government has made better protection of women a priority.
Parliament is debating a range of new criminal offenses to punish those who take or record intimate images outside the monastery, or install equipment to enable others to do so.
Nicholas Hawkes. Picture: Essex Police
Earlier this year, “cyberflash” became a criminal offence, Nicholas Hawkes becomes first person to be convicted In February this year, he sent unsolicited photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman.
Hawkes was sentenced to 66 weeks in prison and will be placed on the sex offenders register until November 2033 due to previous sexual offenses.
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