UK to accelerate law criminalising creation of sexual deepfakes

Britain will bring into effect ⁠a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images this week, ‌technology ‌minister Liz Kendall told parliament on Monday ‌after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X.

Kendall said the law would make it ​illegal for companies ​to supply tools designed to ‌create ‍such images. She said ‍steps taken last week by X ‌to limit access to such image creation feature to paid subscribers only did not go far enough.

"They are not harmless ‍images. They're weapons of abuse, disproportionately aimed at women ‍and ⁠girls," ⁠she told parliament.


Kendall also said the government would keep under review its decision to continue using X as a means of communication.