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Zac de Silva

Deepfake AIs shut down as beefed-up social ban looms

Age assurance measures have been hailed as being important in reducing online harm. (Aap Image/AAP PHOTOS)

Three more AI "nudifying" platforms have been taken down in Australia as the federal government flags plans to strengthen its world-first social media age restrictions.

The nation's online watchdog said the services, which use existing images to generate nude pictures of real people, had withdrawn from Australia under the threat of legal action.

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