Deepfake abuse ‘new frontier’ of violence against women, peers warned
by Richard Wheeler
Mar 08, 2024
4 minutes
Deepfake abuse is the “new frontier” of violence against women and creating such content should be outlawed, according to a former adviser to Boris Johnson.
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge warned existing legislation only bans the non-consensual sharing of deepfake material and does not tackle the non-consensual creation of the content.
Peers heard there has been an increase in so-called nudify apps, which allow users to create fake nude images or videos of other people through generative artificial intelligence – widely known as deepfakes.
Lady Owen said the ability to create such content on the apps in a matter of seconds
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