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TikTok joins the rush to ban deepfake videos
Embattled 15-seconds-of-fame portal TikTok has become the latest social platform to ban the use of deepfakes by its users. “We’re adding a…
South Korea declares deepfakes a ‘sex crime’ after rise in videos featuring K-pop stars
South Korea has become the latest country to take action on deepfake videos, after research showed that up to 25 percent of…
China cracks down on deepfake technology, driven by politics not porn
China plans to enforce new deepfake regulations from January 2020.
Deepfake porn is growing in popularity, as lawmakers scramble to keep up
As many as 96 percent of deepfake videos online are pornographic, with 99 percent of the people featured being female actresses and…
Nudifier ‘x-ray app’ adds male deepfake option that costs 10x more than female images
When we spoke to DeepNude.to in August, the company said it was developing its algorithm to work on images of men. However,…
New ‘x-ray vision’ apps launch following removal of original DeepNude
You’d need to have been living under a digital rock to miss the uproar about the DeepNude app launched briefly earlier this…
DeepNude app shuts down after going viral – but deepfake tech isn’t going away
A deepfake ‘x-ray vision’ app that algorithmically undressed photos of women was taken down by its creator last week. Users of the…
UK to review laws around deepfake and revenge porn
The UK government’s Law Commission will soon begin reviewing the laws around the taking and sharing of “non-consensual intimate images” as part…
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Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’
Take It Down Act: Sharing non-consensual deepfake porn to become illegal in the US
‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn
Rise of AI kissing apps creates tangle of ethics issues
Deepfake porn app claims to work with AI abuse victim organization, provides no evidence
UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown
UK deepfake law proposes up to two years in prison for porn creators
Deepfake porn guides easily accessible via search engines, despite crackdown
Why sex workers and advocates want to be part of AI regulation talks
US and UK governments form online safety group to tackle generative AI risks
Sex-positive industry coalition calls out ‘critical gap’ in EU AI regulation
Watching deepfake porn will be illegal in South Korea, amid ‘digital sex crime epidemic’
Microsoft hooks up with StopNCII to tackle non-consensual deepfakes on Bing
16 AI porn generator sites sued in US ‘nudify’ lawsuit
Google’s anti-deepfake tools for Search are getting better at hiding results and removing images
Google is cracking down on deepfake porn via Search throttling and advert bans
UK court imposes first ban on using generative AI tools, in ‘landmark’ abuse case
Creating non-consensual deepfakes to be made illegal in England and Wales, but there are still gray areas
Nuca digital camera uses AI to create deepfake nude photos almost instantly
‘Sending a message’: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sues over deepfake porn
OpenAI’s Sora AI video model could allow nudity, the company says
US plans to introduce watermark rules for AI images and videos
‘Irrevocable harm’: US bill would criminalize sharing non-consensual deepfake porn
SexLikeReal is working on deepfake VR face-swapping
‘Shut it all down’: AI backlash gains traction with support from industry leaders
ChatGPT video update incoming, adult content creators to invariably test it limits
Sharing deepfake porn without consent will be illegal in UK
‘The best you’ve ever looked’: PhotoAI will sell you fake photos of yourself to use on dating apps
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Long-running editorial threads we keep updating as new evidence lands.
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
SEXTECHGUIDE has tracked age verification as a live policy battleground since 2016, from the UK's Digital Economy Act delays and eventual collapse…
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Coverage thread Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
Eight years of coverage tracking image-based sexual abuse from the DeepNude app's brief viral moment through the nudify industry's current expansion, mapping…
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