Technology companies will have to take down abusive images from the internet within 48 hours or risk having their services blocked in the UK, under new laws proposed by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The plans, which will also require tech businesses to detect and remove intimate images shared without consent, could also result in companies being fined up to 10 per cent of their worldwide revenue if they fail to act.
The government’s move is part of a wider strategy to crack down on violence against women and girls, with the announcement coming just weeks after ministers called out the Grok AI chatbot of Elon Musk’s xAI for creating sexualised images of children.