Firms must remove 'revenge porn' in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
6 days ago
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- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for deepfake nudes and revenge porn to be removed within 48 hours, labeling it a 'national emergency'.
- Tech firms failing to comply could face fines up to 10% of global revenue or being blocked in the UK.
- Amendments to the crime and policing bill will regulate AI chatbots like X’s Grok, which generated nonconsensual images.
- Ofcom will enforce new powers to remove content, with digital watermarking proposed for revenge porn images.
- Nonconsensual intimate images will be classified as a 'priority offence' under the Online Safety Act, akin to child abuse or terrorism.
- Hash matching technology is used to detect abusive content, but AI tools may circumvent these measures.
- Starmer aims to challenge institutional misogyny in government and politics, advocating for more women in leadership roles.