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Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation:
Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to make a video of someone by manipulating their face or body. A study in 2023 found that there has been a 550% rise in the creation of doctored images since 2019, fuelled by the emergence of AI.
US Representative Joe Morelle called the spread of the pictures "appalling".
In a statement, X said it was "actively removing" the images and taking "appropriate actions" against the accounts involved in spreading them.
It added: "We're closely monitoring the situation to ensure that any further violations are immediately addressed, and the content is removed." While many of the images appear to have been removed at the time of publication, one photo of Swift was viewed a reported 47 million times before being taken down.
[...] There are currently no federal laws against the sharing or creation of deepfake images, though there have been moves at state level to tackle the issue.
In the UK, the sharing of deepfake pornography became illegal as part of its Online Safety Act in 2023.
(Score: 1, Troll) by FuzzyTheBear on Sunday January 28 2024, @06:00PM (3 children)
they can't even pass border protection legislation .. that's a hell of a long ways down the road. and as for relative importance , i'd rather see them do their job of securing borders and funding the Ukraine war than loose more time and hold essential legislations for the very existence of the USA
(Score: 5, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Sunday January 28 2024, @06:13PM (1 child)
The Republicans vote down anything that the Democrats propose, so just let them think it's their idea. They'd be happy to spin it as an "anti-pornography" bill or something, I expect.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by bussdriver on Tuesday January 30 2024, @05:17PM
1) She has been registering record numbers of voters and came out strongly against Trump back in 2020. They have Fox working overtime to find something to smear her with ever since. The promotion of her economic success might even be part of their attack as an attempt to alienate her from her fans. Some people (many conservative) believe that porn motivates men to commit crimes; she's had stalker problems recently enough to inspire that line of thinking. I'd not be surprised if it's an employee of Trump or Fox or even Russia.
2) The Speaker of the House shares porn habits with his teenager by allowing a 3rd party app to view everything both of them do on their devices. He advocated for it already. He is for monitoring and policing to prevent such things. Of course he's using his office computer for his porn; unless he installed it there and is going to play stupid about national security to cover being a traitor. May as well, he's a traitor to the Democracy since 2020 (Jan 6.) Oh, and I did IT for a politician and they certainly use office computers to avoid their household anti-porn software (or wife.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 29 2024, @08:16AM
I believe the uniparty can come together to protecc the billionaire singer and screw over the plebs playing with AI.