Australia: Police Arrest Teen Over Creation of Deepfake Porn of Schoolgirls

Okay, so.

I’m for banning porn.

But porn is not banned.

Therefore, this is not a ban on porn. It is a ban on AI. And it doesn’t make any sense.

CNN:

Australian authorities are investigating the distribution of deepfake pornographic images of around 50 schoolgirls, allegedly created by a teenager using artificial intelligence.

The discovery comes as the federal government pushes for new laws to impose prison sentences on offenders who create and share images made by AI tools to humiliate and denigrate victims.

Fuck you.

Other countries, including the United States, are attempting to address an alarming rise in deepfake porn, where nude deepfakes of schoolgirls have been created and shared  – in some instances, allegedly by schoolboys.

Victoria Police confirmed they had arrested and released a teenager “in relation to explicit images being circulated online” pending further inquiries.

The images were reportedly created using photos posted to social media of 50 female students of Bacchus Marsh Grammar, a co-educational school on the outskirts of Melbourne in Victoria.

The school’s principal Andrew Neal told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the victims were girls in grades 9 to 12, indicating a possible age range of between 14 and 18.

The boy’s age and identity are unknown, but Neal told the ABC that “logic would suggest that the [offender] is someone at the school.”

This month, the Australian government introduced legislation to criminalize the distribution of deepfake pornography nationwide.

Under the proposed law, offenders could face up to six years in prison for sharing non-consensual sexually explicit deepfake material.

If the offender has also created the deepfake content that is shared without permission, the sentence could rise to seven years in prison.

It’s part of the country’s response to gender-based violence that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a “national crisis.”

Why would teenage boys not do this?

If porn is not illegal, how is this illegal?

What is the threat?

Who is the victim?