UK regulator to require tech firms to tackle deepfakes, non-consensual intimate images
The regulator’s announcement said the change is being made due to the “urgent need to better protect women and girls online.”
Britain’s top communications regulator said Monday that it will begin requiring tech companies to do more to find and remove non-consensual intimate images from their sites and to curb the spread of deepfakes created by artificial intelligence.
The regulator, Ofcom, is updating its codes of practice to include the new language. The changes are expected to take effect this autumn pending action from the UK Parliament.
Ofcom is recommending that sites and apps use “hash matching” technology more expansively in order to detect the images, which involves converting the images into a digital fingerprint that can be stored in a database to prevent future uploads of the same or similar files.
Source: https://therecord.media/uk-regulator-to-require-tech-firms-to-tackle-deepfakes-nudification-ai
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