Minutes and decisions May. 29 2024
Committee: Administration CommitteeFound: Broadcasting, filming and photography rules The Committee was briefed by Michael MacFarlane, Director
Apr. 03 2024
Source Page: VTQ information hub 2023 to 2024: key dates and deadlinesFound: Skills and Education Group Awards SEG Awards Level 3 Diploma in Photography 603/5008/8 Summer Awarding
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - South Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to (a) track and (b) prosecute cases involving the distribution, publication, or sale of sexually explicit deepfake images, particularly in cases where the depicted individuals did not consent to such depictions.
Answered by Constance, Angela - Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Depending on the facts and circumstances of the particular case, there are a range of offences that may be used to prosecute cases where someone publishes, sells or distributes sexually explicit images of a person without their consent.
In particular, the offence of disclosing or threatening to disclose an intimate photograph or film at section 2 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 can be used to prosecute such behaviour where the disclosure, or threat to disclose the image, would be likely to cause a person featured in the image to suffer fear, alarm or distress, and the accused either intended to cause such an effect or else was reckless as to whether their behaviour would be likely to have such an effect on the victim.
The offence provides that a person is in an 'intimate situation' if the person is engaging or participating in or present during an act which a reasonable person would consider to be a sexual act which is not of a kind ordinarily done in public, or the person's genitals, buttocks or breasts are exposed or covered only in underwear. Specifically, the offence provides that a photograph or film includes any material originally captured by photography or by making a recording of a moving image, whether or not it has been altered in any way. As such, the offence applies in respect of images that have been digitally manipulated so as to appear to depict a person as being in an intimate situation even if the original photograph does not do so.
Other offences which may be relevant include the offence of threatening or abusive behaviour at section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and, where the images are published or shared via the internet, the offence of abuse of a public electronic communications network at section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.
As the legislation does not explicitly distinguish between manipulated and unmanipulated photographs or films, it is not possible to separately identify cases relating to the disclosure of so-called 'deepfake' images.
It is an independent operational matter for Police Scotland to enforce criminal law and it is an independent operational matter for Crown Office to make decisions in respect of prosecutions.
Mar. 01 2024
Source Page: Standing ovation for JET inventorFound: Attendees were treated to a trip down memory lane with a photography exhibition, mini-theatre show, tours
Correspondence Mar. 21 2024
Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands CommitteeFound: Conor Ryan Photography 29.
Minutes and decisions May. 29 2024
Committee: Administration CommitteeFound: Action The Committee noted the update . 3)Guidance for use of inhouse photography of MPs in political
Asked by: Justin Tomlinson (Conservative - North Swindon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took undergraduate degrees in Games and Animation in the academic year 2022-23.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The Higher Education Statistics Agency, which is now part of JISC, is responsible for collecting and publishing data about UK higher education. The latest statistics refer to the 2021/22 academic year.
The number of full person equivalents [1] studying at undergraduate level in the subject area ‘Games and Animation’ [2] in 2021/22 was 13,430, including 4,820 first year enrolments. To note, figures have been rounded to the nearest five. An additional 4,075 full person equivalents, including 1,420 first year enrolments, were recorded in the ‘animation’ category’ [3], which falls under ‘Cinematics and photography’ subjects, and includes other forms of animation, not gaming animation specifically.
More information is available via the following link: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-52.
Updates on the timing of statistics for the 2022/23 academic year are available here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/upcoming.
[1] Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents (FPE). Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.
[2] Enrolments in Computer games and animation (code 11-01-06 of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) tier 3). More information on CAH codes can be found at the following link: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos/cah.
[3] Enrolments in Animation (code 100057 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS)). More information on HECoS codes can be found at the following link: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos.
Minutes and decisions May. 29 2024
Committee: Services CommitteeFound: The Committee had concerns about the recommendation to relax photography rules.
Nov. 15 2023
Source Page: DCMS and Digital Economic Estimates: Monthly GVA (to Sept 2023)Found: designer fashion 7410 Specialised design activities Creative Industries Film, TV, video, radio and photography
Nov. 16 2023
Source Page: 5th Rail Accident Investigators SeminarFound: Systematic photographic record •No wheel marks on rail head Carmont – Zone C observations •Systematic photography