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Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y., appeared with a New Jersey high school victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to discuss a bill stalled in the House.

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 10 months ago (22 children)

I really wonder whether this is the right move.

This girl, and many others, are victims and I don't want to diminish that, but I for better or worse I just don't see how legislation can resolve this.

Surely deepfakes will be just different enough to the subject to create reasonable doubt that it depicts the subject.

I wonder whether, as deep fakes become commonplace, people might be more willing to just ignore it like any other form of trolling.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think you're right if the goal is to stop them all together.

But what we can do is stop people from sending them around and saying that it's true/actually the person.

Once they've turned it from a art project into a weapon, it should have similar consequences to "revenge porn."

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

I would think this would be covered by libel, slander, defamation type laws. The crime is basically lying about a persons actions and character.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I don't know how strong the laws are on the topic but I feel this falls under harassment or libel. In most cases this will cause emotional distress and harm to a person's reputation. If you're trying to show off your AI skills you can use a subject that isn't real or depict a real person wearing clothes. This is clearly an attack in my mind.

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