Sharing ‘deepfake’ porn images should be a crime, says British law body

Publishing intimate photos or videos without consent and with the intent to cause distress – so-called revenge porn – was criminalised in Britain in 2015, but the review identified gaps in the legislation including the issue of fake images. — Dreamstime/TNS

LONDON: Sharing digitally altered “deepfake” pornographic images should be made a crime, a British government-backed review said on Feb 26 after finding victims were being denied justice because the law has not kept up with new, high-tech forms of abuse.

Publishing intimate photos or videos without consent and with the intent to cause distress – so-called revenge porn – was criminalised in Britain in 2015, but the review identified gaps in the legislation including the issue of fake images.