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Nicola Henry, Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University

AI ‘nudify’ sites are being sued for victimising people. How can we battle deepfake abuse?

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Last week, the office of the San Francisco City Attorney issued a landmark lawsuit. It’s accusing 16 “nudify” websites of violating United States laws in relation to non-consensual intimate images and child abuse material.

“Nudify” sites and apps are easy to use. They let anyone upload a photo of a real person to generate a fake but photorealistic image of what they might look like undressed. Within seconds, someone’s photo becomes an explicit image.

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