UK authorities are considering a bill to ban the distribution of explicit materials and deepfake porn without the consent of the persons depicted in them. Writes about it The Guardian.
Candid images taken without anyone’s consent using hidden cameras will be classified as criminal offenses. Also outside the law will be “revelations” – the distribution of personal photos as revenge.
According to the project, pornographic deepfakes threaten with a prison term.
Professor Penny Lewis of the Judiciary Commission, who recommended the new offenses, welcomed the bill’s submission to Parliament.
“We are pleased that the government will implement our recommendations to strengthen the law. The new set of offenses will cover a wider range of abusive behavior, ensuring that more perpetrators of these highly harmful acts are brought to justice,” she said.
UK Attorney General Dominic Raab believes that the law will protect children and adults from illegal actions by malefactors:
“The changes will give police and prosecutors the power they need to bring these cowards to justice and protect women and girls from such heinous violence.”
Child safety groups also welcomed the initiative. Susie Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Internet Watch Foundation, said that “decisive and unequivocal action” is needed to create a safer internet in the UK:
“Now we need legislators to come together to achieve a common goal. Police, charities and big tech companies are doing a phenomenal amount of work, and clear leadership from the government will be a welcome boost.”
However, some human rights activists have called for the bill to be rejected. The Open Rights group believes the initiative threatens freedom of speech. According to the executive director of the organization, Jim Killock, the law can become a tool for constant surveillance of personal messages of messenger users.
“This will create a culture of everyday censorship that will disproportionately remove content from vulnerable populations while claiming to protect them. This requires a complete rethinking,” the human rights activist believes.
The bill was first introduced in May 2021. However, against the background of the political crisis in the UK, its consideration was postponed indefinitely.
Recall that in July, the UK authorities supported a plan to scan citizens’ smartphones for CSAM materials.
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UK authorities are considering a bill to ban the distribution of explicit materials and deepfake porn without the consent of the persons depicted in them. Writes about it The Guardian.
Candid images taken without anyone’s consent using hidden cameras will be classified as criminal offenses. Also outside the law will be “revelations” – the distribution of personal photos as revenge.
According to the project, pornographic deepfakes threaten with a prison term.
Professor Penny Lewis of the Judiciary Commission, who recommended the new offenses, welcomed the bill’s submission to Parliament.
“We are pleased that the government will implement our recommendations to strengthen the law. The new set of offenses will cover a wider range of abusive behavior, ensuring that more perpetrators of these highly harmful acts are brought to justice,” she said.
UK Attorney General Dominic Raab believes that the law will protect children and adults from illegal actions by malefactors:
“The changes will give police and prosecutors the power they need to bring these cowards to justice and protect women and girls from such heinous violence.”
Child safety groups also welcomed the initiative. Susie Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Internet Watch Foundation, said that “decisive and unequivocal action” is needed to create a safer internet in the UK:
“Now we need legislators to come together to achieve a common goal. Police, charities and big tech companies are doing a phenomenal amount of work, and clear leadership from the government will be a welcome boost.”
However, some human rights activists have called for the bill to be rejected. The Open Rights group believes the initiative threatens freedom of speech. According to the executive director of the organization, Jim Killock, the law can become a tool for constant surveillance of personal messages of messenger users.
“This will create a culture of everyday censorship that will disproportionately remove content from vulnerable populations while claiming to protect them. This requires a complete rethinking,” the human rights activist believes.
The bill was first introduced in May 2021. However, against the background of the political crisis in the UK, its consideration was postponed indefinitely.
Recall that in July, the UK authorities supported a plan to scan citizens’ smartphones for CSAM materials.
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