Posted 1/31/2024, 1:58:00 AM
Taylor Swift Deepfake Bill Seeks to Criminalize Nonconsensual AI Images
- Bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to criminalize nonconsensual, AI-generated sexual images in response to Taylor Swift deepfakes
- Allows victims to seek penalties against creators & distributors of "digital forgeries" made without consent
- Sponsored by Durbin, Graham, Klobuchar, Hawley - called the "Defiance Act"
- Aims to give victims legal recourse over AI-made fake pornography violating privacy
- Comes after proliferation of sexualized Swift images made using AI went viral on platforms like X/Twitter