Criminal reforms target ‘deepfake’ and nonconsenual pornographic imagery

Downblousing,' upskirting' and sharing deepfake' pornography without consent could lead to jail sentences of up to three years

Secretly videoing or taking photographs of people under their clothes or sharing deepfake" pornography without consent could lead to prison sentences of up to three years, under recommendations by the Law Commission of England and Wales.

The reforms broaden the scope of criminal law to protect victims from having intimate images taken or shared without their consent, practices known as downblousing and upskirting, or having their faces superimposed on pornographic images and circulated without their agreement.