“Great Britain Steps Up to Fight Deepfake Crime: New Law Defines Technology as Criminal Offense”

Great Britain to Criminalize “Deepfake” Technology, Severity of Penalty Depends on Spread of Fake Content. Minister of Justice, Laura Harris, confirms widespread use of facial recognition technology. “Deepfake” technology creates realistic images with millions of views online. Draft law defines creation and posting of indecent images as privacy violation and allows for installation of recording devices. Approval from parliament still needed.