UK’s New AI Deepfake Laws Highlight Urgent Need for America to Protect Citizens’ Digital Dignity

The United Kingdom is taking decisive legislative steps to criminalize the creation and distribution of AI-generated sexual images without consent. This move comes amid growing global concern over how artificial intelligence tools, such as Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, have been exploited to produce unauthorized nude deepfakes that degrade women and even children. British officials are not mincing words. Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasized a critical point: “Free speech is not the freedom to violate consent.” In an age where technology can weaponize images against individuals’ dignity, such clarity is essential. Yet, across the Atlantic, Washington remains largely silent while similar...