The British government on Tuesday announced it will criminalize the creation and sharing of so-called deepfake content amid a proliferation of the sexually explicit images and videos online.

The U.K. is forging ahead with plans to make the act of creating sexually explicit "deepfake" images a specific criminal offence.

Creating and sharing sexually explicit "deepfakes" will become a criminal offence in Britain, the government said on Tuesday, in a bid to tackle a surge in the proliferation of such images, mainly targeting women and girls.

We are putting offenders on notice – they will face the full force of the law,” the victims minister said. View on euronews