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  • Protect men and boys from manosphere influencers, Labour MPs tell Ofcom

    Exclusive: Group says measures to curb harmful content will also help to tackle violence against women and girls Men and boys need as much protection as women and girls from harmful influencers and “the worst parts of the internet”, a group of MPs have told Ofcom as they called for the regulator to give specific…

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  • Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

    PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny Deepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has said, calling it a “national emergency” that the government must confront.…

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  • Victims urge tougher action on deepfake abuse as new law comes into force

    Campaigners welcome criminalisation of non-consensual AI-generated explicit images but say law does not go far enough Victims of deepfake image abuse have called for stronger protection against AI-generated explicit images, as the law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images comes into effect. Campaigners from Stop Image-Based Abuse delivered a petition to Downing Street with…

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  • Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons ‘horrified’ at use of Grok to create fake sexualised images of her

    Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create a form of revenge porn The mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons has said she felt “horrified and violated” after fans of the billionaire used his AI tool, Grok, to create fake sexualised images of her by manipulating…

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  • One in four unconcerned by sexual deepfakes created without consent, survey finds

    Senior UK police officer says AI is accelerating violence against women and girls and that technology companies are complicit One in four people think there is nothing wrong with creating and sharing sexual deepfakes, or they feel neutral about it, even when the person depicted has not consented, according to a police-commissioned survey. The findings…

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  • Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK

    Legal requirement to be placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such ‘choking’ material Porn featuring strangulation or suffocation – often referred to as “choking” – is due to be criminalised, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent UK users from seeing such material. Possessing or publishing porn featuring choking…

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