New measures announced to criminalize the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, signaling a commitment to protect victims and survivors of online abuse.
We're only a week into 2025, and already, it's shaping up to be a good one. Today, the government has announced new measures to crack down on deepfake abuse, starting by making it illegal to create (not just share) digitally altered, sexually explicit images, known as ‘deepfakes’.
In a government press release, Alex Davies-Jones, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Violence Against Women and Girls at the Ministry of Justice, said, “We are putting offenders on notice – they will face the full force of the law.” While most survivors and experts alike agree the news is an encouraging step forward, there are still serious concerns about whether or not the offence will be consent-based. When the previous government announced similar legislation (which did not become law due to the timing of the general election), the offence was determined by whether the perpetrator intended to cause harm or distress to the victim. Campaigners noted that perpetrators could exploit this loophole by claiming they didn't intend to cause harm by creating the image or by saying it was just a joke. A consent-based approach would mean the offence is determined by whether or not the victim consented to the image being made – regardless of the perpetrator's intention. We're also lacking detail about when the new offence (which will be added to the Crime and Policing Bill) will actually become law, whether it criminalises asking or paying someone else to create deepfake images, and how it will hold tech companies accountable for hosting these images. Here, GLAMOUR spoke to Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones about what the new laws on deepfake abuse actually mean for women... GLAMOUR: Hi Alex! It's so exciting to see that the government is criminalising the creation of explicit deepfakes. Why were you keen to get this over the line so early on in the year? We are signalling to victims and survivors that enough is enough, but we're not just talking the talk; we're walking the wal
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