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UK confirms plans to ban nudification apps, AI models that generate child-abuse imagery

( December 18, 2025, 13:20 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The UK government has confirmed it will ban nudification apps and introduce new criminal offenses for AI models adapted to generate child sexual abuse material under a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls published on Thursday. The plan also proposes targeting moderators of sites dedicated to abuse, tightening protections around non-consensual intimate image abuse and supporting regulator Ofcom in its implementation of the Online Safety Act.Statement follows. Strategy attached....

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