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The Crime and Policing Bill represents the UK's most recent attempt to strengthen its omnipresent grasp over its unfortunate citizens, yet again using MAPs and children as pawns in a grotesque authoritarian game. In this article, we will take a look at what the government is planning to do and how MAPs may be able to hinder some of those efforts. We will refer to the bill itself, and the explanatory notes, as reviewed in March 2025. In order to keep the article length manageable, we will refer readers to technical guides and legal discussions on other resources where the relevant issues have already been covered to a high standard.
Extreme notification requirements
Numerous media outlets are reporting a plan by the UK government to pass laws against tools that can be used to make criminalized images of AI children. Accounts are somewhat vague and even contradictory on details. According to The Guardian, under the upcoming Crime and Policing Bill:
- "It will become illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to generate child sexual abuse material."
- "It will also become illegal for anyone to possess manuals that teach potential offenders how to use AI tools to either make abusive imagery or to help them abuse children." ...
Mu is an organization that advocates for proper understanding and destigmatization of minor-attracted people (MAPs).
In an article published by The Guardian, IWF Chief Executive Susie Hargreaves claimed that "generative AI tools provide a playground for online predators to realise their most perverse and sickening fantasies."
There are a number of problems with the claims made in the article, most notably the labeling of MAPs who have never preyed on young people as 'predators', and calling their feelings 'perverse' and 'sickening'.
There are a significant number of men attracted to those under 18, and the vast majority of these men do not 'prey' on young people. T...