NEW YORK – A teenage victim of the dissemination of non-consensual sexually explicit content generated by Artificial Intelligence – commonly called ‘deepfakes’ – joined forces with New York Democratic Representative Joe Morelle, in pushing for a law that would criminalize the sharing of such content at the federal level. .
In addition, this measure seeks to create a right of private action so that victims have the possibility of suing creators and distributors of material even under anonymity.
The victim in this case is a teenager from New Jersey, whose image was used in a fake pornographic video that was distributed online.
Law seeks federal sanctions for those who share deepfakes or sexually explicit content generated by Artificial Intelligence
Joe Morelle introduced the Intimate Images Deepfake Prevention Act in May, which was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where it has stalled until now.
“Imagine sitting at home and a friend shares an explicit video they saw online. You watch in horror when you realize that the person in the video is you, or your daughter, wife, sister. The images look real, but they are not; “They are the product of the use of AI by an individual or group of individuals to create the illusion that you are in the photo or video,” the representative described.
The rise of AI: its tools and dissemination
This is the first effort at the federal level that would represent protection against the expansion in the use of Artificial Intelligence; Victims in the country are limited by state laws in this regard.
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, the production and exchange of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes has also skyrocketed, which usually make use of it to place the faces of victims in pornographic images or even videos.
It is a fact that accessibility to tools that help create this content has also grown, as well as websites where it is shared and even monetized.
“It’s so easy that teenagers can do it. All it takes is a yearbook photo. The images are false, but the impact is very real,” said Morelle.
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