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Sharing ‘deepfake’ porn images should be a crime, says British law body

Sharing ‘deepfake’ porn images should be a crime, says British law body

SONIA ELKS SHARING digitally altered "deepfake" pornographic images should be made a crime, a British government-backed review said on Friday after finding victims were being denied justice because the law has not kept up with new, high-tech forms of abuse. Publishing intimate photos or videos without consent and with the intent to cause distress - so-called revenge porn - was criminalised in Britain in 2015, but the review identified gaps in the legislation including the issue of fake images. Such pictures could include editing a headshot of a victim onto a nude or using sophisticated "deepfake" programmes to digitally strip…
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From child marriage to revenge porn: 10 set-backs for women in 2020

From child marriage to revenge porn: 10 set-backs for women in 2020

EMMA BATHA FROM mass job losses to soaring domestic violence, the rise of revenge porn and a widening gender poverty gap, 2020 has threatened to hobble progress on women's equality as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks global havoc. U.N. experts predict the gender poverty gap will widen in 2021 amid the economic downturn. Here are 10 set-backs women faced this year: CARING DUTIES/UNPAID LABOUR Even before COVID-19, women were doing three times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men, according to U.N. data, but this has soared in 2020 with women undertaking the lion's share of caring for sick…
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INTERVIEW-Women must be kept safe online to meet global gender goals, activist says

INTERVIEW-Women must be kept safe online to meet global gender goals, activist says

GOVERNMENTS must do more to keep women safe online in order to meet global goals on gender inequality, a British Nigerian activist has warned, as the coronavirus pandemic causes a surge in racism and gender-based abuse on the internet. Women's rights campaigners worldwide have warned of an increase in online abuse such as revenge porn as COVID-19 continues to keep many people at home in front of a screen, but Seyi Akiwowo said information on how to stay safe was lacking. "I'm still not confident that global leaders are understanding the impact lockdown has on the online space and putting…
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