The UK government is set to make creating non-consensual deepfake porn, and preparing technology elements to create such content, criminal offences. On January 7, 2025 the British Ministry of Justice announced that a new offence will be created as part of its Crime and Policing Bill, which will make taking intimate images without consent, and […]
The US and UK governments are launching a joint online children’s safety working group, with the aims of protecting minors from —and cracking down on— internet platforms that potentially expose children to a raft of online harm. Details about how the joint working group will operate have not been revealed, but the UK government announced […]
A sex offender in the UK has been banned by a court from using or accessing “AI creating tools”, following his conviction for making over 1,000 indecent illegal images of children. The ban, made in a sexual harm prevention order following recommendations from the Crown Prosecution Service, was given to a 48 year-old man named […]
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulatory authority, is considering using AI facial age assessments as part of verification processes to access online porn in the country. The Online Safety Bill, which is set to toughen up age verification rules for online porn and make online platforms more accountable for the content they host, was recently passed […]
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a major rebellion over his government’s proposed Online Safety Bill, which looks set to toughen up laws around internet porn. The long-delayed bill is set to create more stringent processes for online porn elements such as age verification, with some industry-watchers concerned that it will make it tougher […]
