The creation of sexually explicit “deepfake” images is to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales under a new law, the government says.
Under the legislation, anyone making explicit images of an adult without their consent will face a criminal record and unlimited fine.
It will apply regardless of whether the creator of an image intended to share it, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said.
And if the image is then shared more widely, they could face jail.
A deepfake is an image or video that has been digitally altered with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace the face of one person with the face of another.
Ok, semantics. “Shame” may not be the best word for it but it’s the best I can think of.
Not as in “I feel ashamed about this video” but rather people thinking you ought to feel ashamed.
In a soon to be day and age where you can tell your VR goggles “show me a video of that person at the library today”, we shouldn’t be judging that person at the library.