Indecent Images, Deep Fakes & AI - What Criminal Lawyers Need to Know

Introduction

Occasionally the law struggles to keep up with technology. Images of child sexual abuse is a classic example of this in practice. The law covering indecent images of children is spread across several pieces of legislation and case-law has had to undertake some heavy-lifting to ensure the law keeps pace with developments.

This course will take a thorough look at the piece-meal legislation which has been passed to cover the making, distribution and possession of indecent images. It will look at the important statutory defences and the case-law on what constitutes possession; it will consider the evolving challenge of “deep-fakes” and artificial intelligence (AI) which is said by police to be providing a significant challenge and distracting them from dealing with cases involving real victims; and finally look at the new offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.

What You Will Learn

This live broadcast will cover the following:

• What are the different categories of image and why is this important?
• The perils of WhatsApp - what if someone sends an unsolicited image to me?
• When is an image deleted and when is it not?
• Is the defendant’s technological capability relevant to the issue of whether he is in possession?
• AI and deep-fakes - what does the law have to say on pseudo-images?
• Level of sentence - have I ‘made’ an image by downloading it, or am I simply in possession?
• The law on images of animals and bestiality
• Cyber flashing & other new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.