The creation of sexually explicit “deepfake” images is to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales under a new law, the government says.
Under the legislation, anyone making explicit images of an adult without their consent will face a criminal record and unlimited fine.
It will apply regardless of whether the creator of an image intended to share it, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said.
And if the image is then shared more widely, they could face jail.
A deepfake is an image or video that has been digitally altered with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace the face of one person with the face of another.
Enjoying something for its transgressive nature doesn’t make something necessarily bad. Neither does that make everything okay, I’m just saying there is nothing inherently wrong with enjoying the transgressiveness of an act more than the act itself.
But this is highly philosophical and any attempt to seriously explain my thoughts (and I made three attempts before just going with this) quickly gets too long, so hopefully we can just agree that there’s room for respectful disagreement.
No, I don’t think there is room for respectful disagreement when one of us is arguing they don’t require sexual consent.
No one consents to featuring in private fantasies.
A private fantasy is a thought. Creating unconsensual pornography is an action.
The longer this conversation continues, the higher your ick factor gets.
Masturbating is an action, too. What’s the qualitative difference between a private image in one’s head and one on a screen?
You seem to struggle with separating a philosophical conversation from whatever icks you. If it assuages your sensibilities I don’t engage in this activity, but only because it’s not arousing to me in any way. I just can’t see any actual difference between a fake image in your head and an equally private image on a screen.
When an image becomes public or harassing I think there is a clear problem. If you want to disagree on where the line is between an image in your head and one used to harm someone, that’s fine. Neither of us is drafting a law here so it’s all just wind and words. Have a good day.
An image in your head isn’t a physical product that exists in the material world.
Neither is an image projected onto a screen.
No, if you create something it exists, whether or not it is a digital file or not.
Can you please send me 20 photos of you, along with roughly 10 minutes of audio?
So you’re suggesting that saving the image is where it becomes harmful?