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A criminal offence of sharing ‘deepfakes’—explicit images or videos which have been manipulated to look like someone without their consent—is to be added to the Online Safety Bill, in a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) amendment.

The Ministry of Justice has announced a planned amendment to the Online Safety Bill which would criminalise people who share so-called deepfakes – explicit images or videos which have been manipulated to look like someone without their consent.

The Home Office has reported that the Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat, has chaired a session of the Joint Fraud Taskforce, a partnership between the government, law enforcement and the private sector.

David Walbank KC’s latest NLJ Crime Brief continues his exploration of the principle that ‘all are equal before the law’.

The controversial Public Order Bill significantly broadens stop and search powers, writes Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, in this week’s NLJ.

A recent case has underlined that equality before the law is one of the bedrocks of our justice system, no matter who is bringing the claim: David Walbank KC reports

Neil Parpworth examines the stop & search provisions of the controversial Public Order Bill

The criminal court backlog ‘is continuing to spiral out of control’, Law Society president Lubna Shuja has warned, with solicitor action akin to that taken by barristers ‘near inevitable’.

Sentences were increased for 106 offenders under the Unduly Lenient Scheme in 2021, according to government statistics published last week.

The Law Society has warned that the government’s stance on criminal legal aid is driving solicitors to consider unionising to take direct action, following the barrister strike action earlier this year.

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Criminal

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

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