Keir Starmer says tackling deepfake abuse is on par with government’s approach to terrorist content

Metro was exclusively told about government plans to tackle the digital Violence Against Women and Girls epidemic (Picture: Lauren Hurley/No 10 Downing Street)

Metro’s Anna Staddon spoke with Keir Starmer about the impact of image-based abuse on women and what the government is doing to combat this, from the 48-hour takedown rule to a ‘one and done’ approach.

After millions of sexually explicit deepfakes flooded X in January this year when the platform added a new ‘nudify’ feature to its AI image generator Grok...