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Justice Department seizes websites that published deepfake nudes of famous women (www.techspot.com)
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The targeted women included heads of state, first ladies, royalty, legislators, government officials, journalists, TV presenters, athletes, entertainers, and other public figures.

Investigators said users could browse material by tags including "rape," "forced," "degradation," and "slave." Those categories are a big reason why prosecutors framed the case as abuse and exploitation rather than a copyright or impersonation dispute.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

That's just not true, though. This case involves famous people, yes. But the first conviction under the TAKE IT DOWN act, which was passed in May 2025, was only passed down just two months ago in April. It involved no famous people at all. It was an Ohio man who was using AI to make pornographic images of local people in his neighborhood, adults and children, and posting them online on a CSAM promoting site.

Link to related article: https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/columbus-man-first-convicted-take-it-down-act-pleads-guilty-cybercrimes/530-fff42eac-4089-49ce-847b-0597c8a8fe39

Enforcement under this act is just getting the ball rolling. I expect there will be much more news of it soon.

[–] AJ95@lemmy.world -3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I hate people that use acronyms for obscure subjects and expect people to know what they are... Now you made me google CSAM you nasty troglodyte.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

It's the common legal term now. I am sorry for making you google it though.