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Sir Keir StarmerLabour PartyPolice, courts, prisons

Intimate images taken down within 48 hours

“Today we are going further, putting companies on notice so that any non-consensual image is taken down in under 48 hours.”

DeliveringPress release (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), 19 Feb 2026Quote checked word for word at its source on 20 October 2026
  5. Delivering

Where it stands

Section 100 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026, law since 29 April 2026, requires online services to take down intimate images shared without consent as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 48 hours after a report. It came into force on 29 June 2026 (S.I. 2026/689), and Ofcom oversees compliance. No official figures on how platforms comply had been published by 20 October 2026; the card moves to Delivered when they show reported images coming down within 48 hours.

What has happened

  1. Feb 2026The Prime Minister says non-consensual intimate images must be taken down in under 48 hours, Promised
  2. Apr 2026The Crime and Policing Act 2026 becomes law with the 48-hour duty (section 100), Legislated evidence
  3. Jun 2026The 48-hour takedown duty comes into force, Delivering evidence

About the cost

No cost was given with the promise.

More detail

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