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U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ted Cruz TAKE IT DOWN Act Leads to Conviction in Case Targeting AI-Generated Deepfakes
This conviction under the TAKE IT DOWN Act directly validates NCADA's focus on legislative enforcement and provides critical precedent for our Platform Accountability Scorecard, demonstrating the law's potential to protect youth from deepfake abuse. The highest-leverage action is to immediately integrate this conviction as a key data point and advocacy highlight within our upcoming Platform Accountability Scorecard, emphasizing the Act's real-world impact and pressing for robust platform compliance.
Amid a high-profile scandal, Germany considers deepfake porn punishments
This development in Germany, focusing on creator accountability, provides a crucial international precedent that strengthens NCADA's advocacy for robust deepfake legislation and enforcement, particularly given our work on the TAKE IT DOWN Act. We should integrate this international legal precedent into our upcoming Platform Accountability Scorecard and ECOSOC Youth Forum discussions to advocate for broader creator accountability under the TAKE IT DOWN Act.
The latest on Grok’s gross AI deepfakes problem
This intelligence directly informs NCADA's mission by detailing a specific platform's deepfake abuse problem, crucial for our youth-led efforts to combat such content and ensure platform accountability. The highest-leverage action is to immediately incorporate this data into our Platform Accountability Scorecard, strengthening our advocacy for TAKE IT DOWN Act enforcement.
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First conviction under ‘Take It Down Act’ secured in Ohio case involving AI-generated abuse
Florida’s VoiceAssess for Response Wizard relevance. Note outcome for "State of Deepfake Abuse" report.
Ohio man becomes first person convicted under federal law criminalizing intimate deepfakes, DOJ saysNBC NewsMelania Trump hails first conviction in US under Take It Down Act; what is the federal revenge porn law? Explained | Hindustan TimesHindustan TimesWhat is the Take It Down Act? Ohio's James Strahler becomes first in the US convicted under federal law for AI deepfake harassmentMSNSchools & Youth
The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought
WIREDThis WIRED article directly validates NCADA's youth-led mission by exposing the severe, underestimated deepfake abuse crisis impacting students, underscoring the critical need for our school incident database and Response Wizard
‘High risk’: AI offender admits deepfake sextortion bidsDaily Telegraph SydneyFeminist NGO launches initiative against deepfakes and AI 'undressing'المنصة | ما رواه الناسLaPorte County warns of increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse materialnwitimes.comTechnology & Detection
Elections watchdog launches scheme to tackle AI deepfakes ahead of local elections
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Deepfake Defenders Build Deepfakes to Improve DetectionLet's Data ScienceThe only way to fight deepfakes is by making deepfakesThe VergeCatching 98.9 Out of 100 Deepfakes: What It Takes to Lead Hugging Face's LeaderboardHackerNoonGeneral Coverage
Ohio man becomes first person convicted under federal law criminalizing intimate deepfakes, DOJ says
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Musk's Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X's promise to stop itNBC News TechHas Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?The Verge AIOhio man pleads guilty in first case under federal law banning AI deepfakesTechSpotHave a tip or source suggestion? Contact us at briefings@ncadas.org