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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

Labour to crack down on deepfakes and sharing of illicit intimate images

Deepfakes are images generated or edited using artificial intelligence featuring real people (Tim Goode/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ministers are to crack down on sexually explicit deepfake images, as the practice will become a criminal offence.

Those who take intimate images of other people without their consent, or who install equipment to take these pictures, could meanwhile face up to two years behind bars under new offences.

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