0h 15min, dec 18, 2025 y - UK to Ban Deepfake AI Apps

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The UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.

New laws - announced on Thursday as part of a wider strategy to halve violence against women and girls - will make it illegal to create and supply AI tools letting users edit images to seemingly remove someone's clothing.

The new offences would build on existing rules around sexually explicit deepfakes and intimate image abuse, the government said.

"Women and girls deserve to be safe online as well as offline," said Technology Secretary Liz Kendall.

"We will not stand by while technology is weaponised to abuse, humiliate and exploit them through the creation of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes."

Creating deepfake explicit images of someone without their consent is already a criminal offence under the Online Safety Act.

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