Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Pornhub says uploaded content isn’t used for training generative AI, despite terms seemingly allowing it
Pornhub told SEXTECHGUIDE it doesn't use uploaded content for generative AI training, despite terms of service wording that appears to permit exactly that.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Take It Down Act: Sharing non-consensual deepfake porn to become illegal in the US
The Take It Down Act passed US Congress on April 28, 2025, criminalizing non-consensual deepfake porn sharing and requiring platforms to remove flagged content within 48 hours.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘A positive step’: Pornhub’s ethical drive continues with revenge porn crackdown
Aylo has partnered with StopNCII.org to flag and remove non-consensual intimate images from Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube using hash-matching technology previously deployed with Facebook and TikTok.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘Irrevocable harm’: US bill would criminalize sharing non-consensual deepfake porn
US Congressman Joe Morelle introduced the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act in May 2023, which would criminalize sharing non-consensual deepfake porn and open creators to civil lawsuits.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes UK anti-revenge porn app launching March ’23, plus Bumble and TikTok sign-up to StopNCII
TikTok and Bumble joined StopNCII's hash-based non-consensual image removal network, while UK charity SWGfL prepares to launch evidence-logging app Minerva in March 2023.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Deepfake porn fears: AI-generated faces as realistic as real faces, research finds
Researchers at Lancaster University and UC Berkeley found participants correctly identified AI-generated faces only 48.2% of the time, prompting calls for ethics guidelines to prevent deepfake abuse.
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Opinion In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes DeepNude app shuts down after going viral – but deepfake tech isn’t going away
The $50 DeepNude app, which algorithmically stripped clothing from photos of women using GANs, shut down after going viral, but the underlying technology remains freely available.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes UK to review laws around deepfake and revenge porn
The UK Law Commission will review laws on non-consensual intimate images from July 2019, covering deepfakes and cyber-flashing, with new legislation proposed by 2021.
