A Brooklyn federal courthouse has unsealed criminal complaints against two individuals, who are alleged to have disseminated "thousands" of nonconsensual intimate AI deepfakes. This significant legal action was confirmed by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The unsealing of these complaints coincides with a critical juncture in digital content regulation. While the criminal prohibitions of the Take It Down Act have been active for a year, the specific obligation for digital platforms to remove such deepfakes only officially came into force yesterday, marking an important step in combating this emerging form of digital harm.
This information was released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
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