Mark Jones, Defence and Investigations Partner, Payne Hicks Beach, spoke to City AM on the news that the UK government plans to make the creation of ‘deepfakes’ a criminal offence. “Whilst the Online Safety Act went someway to solve the problem of sharing and posting sexually explicit deepfakes, the only real solution is targeting the creators.” Mark commented.
Marks comments were also featured in Ed Fennell’s Legal Diary. Mark adds, “The UK government is the first to consider making the creation of a deepfake an offence. This would be a welcome and necessary development to protect victims. Whilst the Online Safety Act went someway to solve the problem of sharing and posting sexually explicit deepfakes, the only real solution is targeting the creators. It remains to be seen whether an overstretched police force has sufficient resources to investigate and bring perpetrators before the courts.”
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