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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Caroline Davies and Dan Milmo

Ofcom calls on tech firms to step up action against ‘revenge porn’

A person using a laptop
More deepfake intimate image abuses posted online in 2023 than all the previous years combined, Ofcom said. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Tech platforms should combat the rapid rise in explicit deepfakes and “revenge porn” by using a database of images to protect women and girls online, according to new guidance being drawn up by the UK communications watchdog.

The move is part of a raft of measures proposed by Ofcom to tackle online misogyny, harassment and the sharing of intimate images without the subject’s consent – often referred to as “revenge porn”.

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