Baroness Charlotte Owen: “Of all deepfakes, 98% are pornographic, and of those 99% are of women.”
Charlotte Owen joins Shami Chakrabarti in the Speakeasy to talk about consent, dignity and the law catching up with technology.
From the bill she is steering through the House of Lords to criminalise the creation of AI deepfake porn, to the survivors who pushed her to act, Charlotte sets out why consent must be the test. She explains why “creation not just sharing” matters, how forum requests and nudification apps drive abuse, and why platforms will only change when the rules are clear.
They also discuss what protection should look like for children and young people online, how bias in tech amplifies harm against women, and the cross party work needed to make this real in practice.
It's a conversation about rights, responsibility and practical reform, with a legislator who wants the law to put choice back in women’s hands.
Follow the progress of the Non-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill here
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