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Feb 3, Monday 2025: The UK government has announced a world-first legal crackdown on AI child sex abuse tools. Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images, it said on Saturday.
As of February 2, the Britain government will introduce new laws to target people who use AI tools to generate child sexual abuse material, with those found guilty facing up to five years in prison. The new laws will make Possessing, taking, making, showing, or distributing explicit images of children a crime in England and Wales.
This move comes in response to growing concerns over the misuse of technology by online offenders with reports of AI-generated child abuse images rising by 380% in 2024.
The law will also make it illegal to possess AI “pedophile manuals” that teach people how to use AI to sexually abuse children. The offense will be punishable by up to three years in prison.
Moreover, a specific offense will be created for predators who run websites designed for other pedophiles to share child sexual abuse content or exchange advice on grooming children. The offense will be punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The UK government will also enable authorities to unlock digital devices for inspection. These pleasures will be included in the Crime and Policing Bill when it comes to the Parliament.
The UK Border Force will be given new powers to compel anyone suspected of posing a sexual risk to children to unlock their digital devices for inspection, with sentences of up to three years in prison for resulting offenses.
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