Australia will move to ban the spread of AI-generated sexually explicit images, however, experts say a rush to criminalise might do more harm than good.
.Australia is planning on introducing harsh penalties for people caught sharing deepfake sexually explicit images. “I’m thinking about a group of school kids who might think it could be funny and don’t quite realise the harms or legal implications of their behaviour,” Dr Henry said. According to US-based online security researchers Home Security Heroes, there were an estimated 95,820 deepfake videos online in 2023 – 550 per cent more than in 2019.
Interestingly, her research also found that men were more likely to report being perpetrators as well as victims of deepfake pornography.
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