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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

UN warns women in public life face increasingly sophisticated online violence

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Of more than 1,500 women in public life, 6% said they had been victims of deepfakes, according to the report. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Women in public life are facing growing and increasingly sophisticated forms of online violence, the UN has said, warning that “AI-assisted ‘virtual rape’ is now at the fingertips of perpetrators”.

Female rights campaigners, journalists and other public communicators face a deepening threat owing to a combination of artificial intelligence, anonymity and the absence of effective laws and accountability, a report published by UN Women found.

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