By bbc.com
Publication Date: 2026-01-14 06:10:00
More and more victims of intimate deepfake images are seeking support from Guernsey’s Victim Support and Witness Service.
Jenny Murphy, who runs the service, said she was concerned about the increase in reports of deepfakes, images or videos altered using artificial intelligence (AI) to replace a person’s face or voice, which are increasingly used to create sexual images.
Currently in Guernsey, sharing intimate images without consent is a criminal offense, but asking an AI tool to create them is not.
The Home Affairs Committee wants to change this through a proposed amendment to the Sexual Offenses Act 2020.
Murphy said the impact of deepfakes on victims is enormous and worrying.
“Imagine getting that call from a police officer or possibly a friend or someone you know that they saw that picture out there,” she said.
Det Insp Thomas Lowe of Guernsey Police said police were looking at “how legislation can help us enforce, prosecute and protect victims…”
