TECH bosses could face imprisonment, a fine or both if their platforms fail to remove intimate images of people shared without their consent under new government plans.

Senior executives without a reasonable excuse could be held personally liable if their companies fail to comply with Ofcom’s enforcement decisions to remove non-consensual intimate images.

The changes are in a government amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill which will be debated in the House of Commons next week.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: “Protecting women and girls online is not optional, it is a responsibility that sits squarely with every tech company’s leadership.”

Ministers also plan to ban online pornography depicting illegal sexual conduct between family members and adults roleplaying as children.

Possession and publication of porn showing incest between family members, and sex between step or foster relations where one person is pretending to be under 18, will be criminalised, the government said.