Intimate Image Abuse
2026-06-18 · Ministry of Justice · HL1114 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring the requests for and creation of non-consensual intimate images from a chatbot into the scope of the image-based abuse offences under sections 66E and 66F of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Answer
Section 66E of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides for the offence of creating a purported (or ‘deepfake’) intimate image of an adult without their consent or reasonable belief in their consent.The offence applies regardless of the tool used to create t...