"The government announced today that it would add an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill requiring platforms to "remove this content no more than 48 hours after it is flagged to them." Platforms that do not do so would potentially face fines of 10 percent of "qualifying worldwide income" or have their services blocked in the UK. The amendment follows outrage over the Elon Musk-owned chatbot Grok's willingness to generate nude or sexualized images of people, mainly women and girls, which forced a climbdown"
"Under the UK's proposals, victims would only have to report an abusive image once, and not have to contact multiple platforms or remain constantly vigilant for new uploads. The government said: "Plans are currently being considered by Ofcom for these kinds of images to be treated with the same severity as child sexual abuse and terrorism content, digitally marking them so that any time someone tries to repost them, they will be automatically taken down.""
The UK will add an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill requiring online platforms to remove intimate images shared without consent within 48 hours of being flagged. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines up to 10 percent of qualifying worldwide income or have services blocked in the UK. Victims will need to report an image only once rather than to multiple platforms. Ofcom is considering digitally marking such images so reposts are automatically removed. Creating or sharing non-consensual intimate images will be designated a priority offence under the Online Safety Act, and guidance will be published for providers to block rogue sites.
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