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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anahita Hossein-Pour

UK government unveils plans to tackle deepfake abuse

  • Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips announced new government measures to tackle deepfake abuse and halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
  • New laws will specifically prohibit AI "nudification" tools, which create fake nude images and videos without consent, with perpetrators facing real consequences.
  • Ms Phillips stated that these apps are not harmless pranks and devastate young people's lives, emphasising the need to stop their creation and sharing.
  • The cross-government strategy includes teaching healthy relationships in secondary schools and training teachers to spot worrying behaviour in young men.
  • Further measures involve introducing specialist rape and sexual offences investigators to every police force and providing a £19 million funding boost for safe housing for domestic abuse survivors.

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