“Monetising Abuse Is Insulting”: UK Slams X, Announces Tough Deepfake Law

Britain is moving to crack down on the creation of non-consensual intimate deepfake images after serious concerns were raised over misuse of AI tools on social media platform X. Technology Minister Liz Kendall told Parliament that such content is not harmless but a form of abuse disproportionately targeting women and children. She said recent steps by X to restrict image creation to paid users do not go far enough and amount to monetising abuse. The government will now bring a new offence into force this week, hold platforms accountable under the Online Safety Act, and criminalise apps designed to create such images.