
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.