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AI driving 'explosion' of fake nudes as victims say the law is failing them

There's been a huge rise in sexually explicit deepfakes as software to digitally transform a clothed picture into a naked picture is easy to get hold of, according to online harm experts, but for victims, the effect can be devastating.

Ofcom will later this month introduce codes of practice for internet companies to clamp down on the illegal distribution of fake nudes, but Sky News has met two victims of this relatively new trend, who say the law needs to go further. Earlier this year, social media influencer and former Love Island contestant, Cally Jane Beech, 33, was horrified when she discovered someone had used AI to turn an underwear brand photograph of her into a nude and it was being shared online. Alex Davies-Jones, under-secretary of state for victims, told MPs in November: "We've committed to making an offence of creating a deepfake illegal and we will be legislating for that this session."

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