Campaign to Ban Deepfakes

A coalition aimed at banning non-consensual AI-generated voices, images and videos at every stage of production and distribution.

[Future of Life Institute @FLI_org]

Congress may ban states from passing their own AI rules, giving Big Tech a free pass on AI... for the next 10 years.

As AI speeds up with 0 guardrails, this would endanger our families, livelihoods & communities.

Thankfully, Americans from across the aisle are speaking up 🧵👇

[Campaign to Ban Deepfakes @BanDeepfakes]

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Some good news, with a "critical service provider" terminating service for the harmful Mr. Deepfakes site:

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨 Unpopular opinion: AI could fundamentally alter our shared understanding of reality.

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@TheJHF @SFCityAttorney @DavidChiu ✍️https://t.co/yX8XfZ5wMB

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📅 Happening at 2:30pm ET today! 👇

Campaign to Ban Deepfakes partner @TheJHF are hosting a webinar on the legal fight against AI-powered deepfake abuse, with @SFCityAttorney @DavidChiu and San Francisco Deputy City Attorney Karun Tilak.

🔗 Register for free at the link below:

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Disturbing reports of explicit deepfakes continue to increase around the world, with legislators struggling to keep up as tech companies release more and more sophisticated AI-based image generating models.

In Australia:

[Campaign to Ban Deepfakes @BanDeepfakes]

In their recent Global Threat Intelligence Report, @BlackBerry has identified deepfakes and threats presented by deepfake technology as their top cybersecurity/information security concern.

👇Read more at the link in the replies:

[Campaign to Ban Deepfakes @BanDeepfakes]

"When real or fake nude images of a person end up online, it can put the victim at greater risk of depression, suicide and sexual assault."

The harms of the growing deepfakes issue, especially for children and youth increasingly impacted, are manifold, as Prof. @karaalaimo told @CNN.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://t.co/IeIUvkICBD

[Campaign to Ban Deepfakes @BanDeepfakes]

In @Forbes, Steven Smith (@reldev) calls 2024, "The Year of the Deepfake": "What was once a niche novelty has exploded into a pervasive and alarming threat... The time to act is now before this problem becomes insurmountable."

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[Campaign to Ban Deepfakes @BanDeepfakes]

Do you know someone who's been targeted by a deepfake scam?
Even if you don't now, with the increasing accessibility & ability of AI-powered deepfake tech, you likely will soon.

Advice like this is critical, but what we really need is meaningful legislation to address deepfakes.

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In @BBCNews: https://t.co/pvqLlGvI8e

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"I am not a stupid person but she was able to convince me that she was a real person and we were going to spend our lives together."

Another heartbreaking story of deepfakes wreaking havoc in the lives of society's most vulnerable - with countless other similar stories out there.

77-year-old Nikki MacLeod was scammed out of £17K by convincing deepfake videos of a woman she thought she was in a relationship with.

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🆕 A new report from the American Sunlight Project finds that a staggering 1 in 6 active US Congress women have been targeted with explicit deepfakes - 70x more than Congress men, highlighting the highly-gendered nature of this abuse.

Read more from @mashable:

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Powerful words from a young victim of AI-powered explicit deepfakes:

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

After Francesca Mani’s photo was turned into an AI-generated nude she began fighting for policy change – aiming to raise awareness in schools and enact specific laws to help protect against AI misuse. https://t.co/7h8bE5u4e6

[Campaign to Ban Deepfakes @BanDeepfakes]

The deepfake problem may be growing, but there are reasons to be hopeful: Earlier this month, the US Senate unanimously approved the TAKE IT DOWN Act!

The Act, which would criminalize the publication of non-consensual explicit deepfakes, and necessitate social media platforms have procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of its flagging, is certainly a step in the right direction.

However, legislators must hold liable all those involved with the deepfake supply chain: from production, to distribution, and the developers behind the programs used to make deepfakes.