TL;DR Breakdown
- U.S. Moves to Criminalize Deepfake Production After Taylor Swift Scandal
- 99% of Deepfake Victims are Women, Urgent Global Response Needed
- AI-Generated Deepfakes, Major Threat to Information Integrity
Recent events involving the proliferation of explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift on social media platforms, including X and Telegram, have prompted urgent calls from U.S. lawmakers for comprehensive legislation criminalizing the production of deepfake content. Representative Joe Morelle, in a passionate post on the X platform, condemned the dissemination of such images as “appalling” and advocated for the implementation of the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, a legislation he initiated to make non-consensual deepfakes a federal offense.
Deepfakes, fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), manipulate videos by altering facial features or body structures. Despite the absence of federal laws specifically addressing deepfake creation and sharing, lawmakers are actively exploring avenues to rectify this gap. Representative Yvette D Clarke emphasized on X that the Taylor Swift incident is not isolated, pointing out that women have been victims of deepfake technology for years.
The platform X is taking swift action to address the issue, actively removing the explicit images and penalizing accounts responsible for spreading them. Continuous monitoring ensures prompt responses to violations and facilitates content removal.
UN and CSIS Warn of Deepfake Threats to Global Information
In the UK, the Online Safety Act of 2023 criminalized the sharing of deepfake pornography. The State of Deepfakes report disclosed that the majority of online deepfakes involve explicit content, with around 99% of affected individuals being women. Global worries about AI have increased, thanks to the World Economic Forum’s 19th Global Risks Report, which pointed out the possible negative impacts of AI on people, businesses, ecosystems, and economies.
Canada’s national intelligence agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), has echoed concerns about disinformation campaigns leveraging AI-generated deepfakes. In a report on June 12, the United Nations emphasized the significant and pressing threat posed by AI-generated media to information integrity, particularly on social media platforms.
The UN underscored the increased risk of online disinformation due to rapid technological advancements, specifically in generative artificial intelligence, focusing on deepfakes.
The global landscape recognizes the urgency of addressing deepfake challenges, with lawmakers and international bodies actively engaging in discussions and proposing legislative measures to mitigate the risks associated with AI-generated content.
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