Deepfakes are explicit images or videos which have been manipulated to look like someone without their consent while downblousing photos are those taken down a woman’s top without consent.

The government will also bring forward a package of additional laws to tackle a range of abusive behaviour including the installation of equipment, such as hidden cameras, to take or record images of someone without their consent.

In July 2022, the Law Commission recommended that the government changed the law to make the sharing of deepfake pornography without consent a criminal offence.

The oft-delayed Online Safety Bill has been presented by the government as a ground-breaking law that will protect the privacy and safety of people online.

The bill will also place a legal obligation on platforms to protect users from harmful content for the first time, with penalties for breaching the new rules including fines that could run into billions of pounds for larger companies...