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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/court-ordered-penalties-for-15-teens-who-created-naked-ai-images-of-classmates/ [arstechnica.com]

A Spanish youth court has sentenced [poderjudicial.es] 15 minors to one year of probation after spreading AI-generated nude images of female classmates in two WhatsApp groups.

The minors were charged with 20 counts of creating child sex abuse images and 20 counts of offenses against their victims’ moral integrity.
[...]
Many of the victims were too ashamed to speak up when the inappropriate fake images began spreading last year. Prior to the sentencing, a mother of one of the victims told The Guardian [theguardian.com] that girls like her daughter "were completely terrified and had tremendous anxiety attacks because they were suffering this in silence."
[...]
Teens using AI to sexualize and harass classmates has become an alarming global trend. Police have probed disturbing cases in both high schools [arstechnica.com] and middle schools in the US [arstechnica.com], and earlier this year, the European Union proposed [euronews.com] expanding its definition of child sex abuse to more effectively "prosecute the production and dissemination of deepfakes and AI-generated material." Last year, US President Joe Biden issued an executive order [whitehouse.gov] urging lawmakers to pass more protections.
[...]
In an op-ed [theguardian.com] for The Guardian today, journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley advocated for laws restricting sites used to both generate and surface deepfake pornography, including regulating this harmful content when it appears on social media sites and search engines.
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An FAQ said [whatsapp.com] that "WhatsApp has zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation and abuse, and we ban users when we become aware they are sharing content that exploits or endangers children," but it does not mention AI.

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