Member

The noble Baroness has tabled an amendment criminalising the non-consensual creation of sexually explicit audio deepfakes. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Gohir, for raising this important issue, and I reassure her that the Government are considering this wider issue carefully. Offences relating to the abuse of sexually explicit audio material, real or deepfake, would be a wholly new area of law and would need to be considered carefully, including in relation to child sexual abuse material as well as material depicting adults. We are reviewing this area of law very carefully and I would be happy to meet with the noble Baroness and other Peers to discuss it further.