Guidance

Making or supplying purported intimate image generators

Non-statutory guidance for police on new offences covering tools that create or share fake intimate images (nudification tools).

• From: Home Office
• Published: 15 October 2026

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Making or supplying purported intimate image generators

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Making or supplying purported intimate image generators (Welsh)

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Details

The non-statutory guidance is for the police in the exercise of their functions in relation to sections 66I, 66J, 66K and 66L of the Sexual Offences 2003 Act.

It applies to:

• the chief officers of police
• the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force
• the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police
• the chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary

The guidance may also be relevant to assist the work of other criminal justice agencies and statutory bodies, as well as non-governmental and voluntary organisations who may be associated with victims or others affected by the offence.

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