The San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu files a lawsuit that seeks to shut down 16 popular websites used to create nonconsensual deepfake pornography
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Discussion
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@davidchiu
David Chiu
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This investigation has taken us to the darkest corners of the internet, and I am absolutely horrified for the women and girls who have had to endure this exploitation. This is a big, multi-faceted problem that we, as a society, need to solve as soon as possible.
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@sfcityattorney
@sfcityattorney
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Our lawsuit alleges the website owners and operators violate state and federal laws prohibiting deepfake pornography, revenge pornography, and child pornography.
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@hknightsf
Heather Knight
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SCOOP: San Francisco City Attorney @DavidChiu has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeking to shut down 16 websites that turn photos of real women and girls into A.I.-generated pornography without their consent. My latest: https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]