A new law regarding use of digital replicas of online performers, including adult entertainment, is being implemented in California, and could have wider implications for content creators and utilization of AI. The bill, AB-2602, was signed into the California Labor Code by California governor Gavin Newsom. The law renders unenforceable any contracts that grant individuals […]
Microsoft is piloting the use of the anti-nonconsensual deepfake porn platform Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse (StopNCII) on its search engine Bing, as tech companies continue to crack down on non-consensual deepfakes. Non-consensual deepfake porn, often made using AI, has become a huge problem globally in recent years, and is often used nefariously for extortion […]
Spain is set to roll out an app-based age verification process allowing adults to access porn in the country, as the authorities prepare for an EU law regarding porn and age verification that currently looks likely to come into force in 2027. The new ‘porn passport’ process, as it has been dubbed in parts of […]
Google is banning Google Ads from promoting deepfake porn, and has decreased the visibility of deepfake porn content in Google searches, as companies, organizations and governments address the worrying rise in deepfake porn’s popularity. The maker of the world’s most-used online search tool told Bloomberg that it was “continuing to decrease the visibility of involuntary […]
