{"id":24092,"date":"2022-11-25T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24092"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:59:41","slug":"sharing-pornographic-deepfakes-to-be-illegal-in-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/11\/25\/sharing-pornographic-deepfakes-to-be-illegal-in-england-and-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing pornographic deepfakes to be illegal in England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A planned new law would make sharing pornographic deepfakes without consent a crime in England and Wales.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tackling the rise in manipulated images, where a person’s face is put on someone else’s body, is part of a crackdown on the abuse of intimate pictures in the Online Safety Bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This law would also make it easier to charge people with sharing intimate photos without consent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors would no longer need to prove they intended to cause distress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In some cases under the existing law, men have admitted sharing women’s intimate images without consent, but have not been prosecuted because they said they did not intend to cause any harm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The government says around one in 14 adults in England and Wales say they have been threatened with their intimate images being shared against their will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It also says there are growing global concerns about technology being used to create fake pornographic images and video, with one website which creates nude images from clothed ones receiving 38 million visits last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In August, BBC Panorama exposed\u00a0a network of men on the social media site Reddit who traded women’s nudes online<\/a>\u00a0– including some which had been faked – as well as harassing and threatening the women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Law Commission said reporting such as this, along with campaigners’ calls for stronger laws, helped to make a “compelling case” to government for reform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It outlined recommendations earlier this year to ensure all examples of deliberately taking or sharing intimate images without consent are illegal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The government said some of these – including specific laws against “downblousing”, installing hidden cameras, and threatening to share someone’s intimate images – would be dealt with in future legislation, but it did not offer any timescale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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