Two Men Federally Charged Over AI Deepfake Porn Under the Take It Down Act
Federal prosecutors charged two men under the 2025 law that criminalizes non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery.
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Read full articleFederal prosecutors charged two men under the 2025 law that criminalizes non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery.
A law requiring social networks to quickly remove sexual deepfakes and other nonconsensual imagery is now fully in force. But experts warn the policy could do little to help victims - and at worst could facilitate censorship online. Last May, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act, a law addressing nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII). The law immediately criminalized distributing NCII, whether in the form of real or AI-generated material, something many states at least partially do already. But its namesake takedown provision is more sweeping. Taking effect a year after the law's passage - on May 19th of 2026 - it requires on … Read the full story at The Verge.
When Jennifer got a job doing research for a nonprofit in 2023, she ran her new professional headshot through a facial recognition program. She wanted to see if the tech would pull up the porn videos she’d made more than 10 years before, when she was in her early 20s. It did in fact return…
The FTC's enforcement of the Take It Down Act signals increased regulatory scrutiny on tech giants, potentially reshaping digital privacy norms. The post US FTC sends compliance letters to Amazon, Alphabet, Apple over new intimate image removal law appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The FTC's action signals increased regulatory scrutiny on tech giants, potentially reshaping compliance norms and privacy safeguards industry-wide. The post FTC sends compliance letters to Amazon, Alphabet, and Apple over Take It Down Act appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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Ohio man used more than 100 AI tools to make fake nudes of women and minors.
James Strahler II pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, producing obscene images and digital forgeries of child sexual abuse Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated “sexually explicit images”, becoming what the Department of Justice claims is the first person convicted under a new federal AI statute. James Strahler II, 37, admitted to cyberstalking, producing obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse, and publication of digital forgeries. The last charge relates to the Take It Down Act, which “prohibits non-consensual online publication of intimate visual depictions and AI forgeries”. Continue reading...