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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] FYI About AI : Opinion From CNN :: This harmful trend is so much more than a 'youthful
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To whom it may concern.
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From CNN:: Opinion: This harmful trend is so much more than a ‘youthful
transgression’
At schools across several states, boys have created and circulated nude
deepfake images of their female classmates.
Editor’s Note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh
Dickinson University, writes about issues affecting women and social media. Her book,
“Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can
Take It Back,” was recently published by Alcove Press. Follow her
on Instagram, Facebook and X. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own.
Read more opinion on CNN.
CNN —
Last fall, after boys at a high school near my home in New Jersey used artificial
intelligence to create nude deepfakes of their female classmates, some local
parents viewed the episode as a “youthful transgression,” according to The Wall
Street Journal.
Courtesy Kara Alaimo
The description is delusional and dangerous, as the problem has become an
“epidemic” for teen girls in the US, according to The New York Times.
At schools across several states, boys have created and circulated nude deepfake
images of their female classmates, according to The Times. Some of the recent
victims at a Beverly Hills middle school were just 12 and 13 years old.
It’s critical for our society to recognize pornographic deepfakes for what they are: a
form of violence against women and girls that must be stopped with education,
changes in user behavior and legislation.
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As I write in my new book, when intimate images of a woman go public, that puts her
at risk of sexual assault, depression and suicide. It makes it harder for her to find a
job. And it makes it harder for her to date. In other words, it can be life-destroying.
But these kinds of episodes are likely to only become more common. Tools for
creating images using artificial intelligence are now widely available online. And the
vast majority of images created with AI are pornographic, according to experts.
Educators and parents need to teach young people what a grotesque form of
violence nude deepfakes are so they can never again use the excuse that they were
just experimenting and having some fun when they created them. Schools and
parents should also clearly lay out the punishments that will befall kids if they
create them — and their severity should be commensurate with the unthinkable harm
deepfakes do to victims. I’d also like to see education sessions run for adults in
places like libraries and community centers, to teach them about the potential
consequences of deepfakes and how to spot them and other kinds of misinformation.
RELATED ARTICLE Opinion: Google’s AI blunder over images reveals a much bigger problem
This kind of broad public education would hopefully cause people to think twice
about engaging with nude deepfakes at all through things like clicks, likes and
shares. As I explain in my book, when we see someone share something
inappropriate, it’s important to resist the temptation to clap back by commenting on
their post, since comments send a signal to social networks that people like and
want to see more similar content. But, if you know the person offline, you should
have a conversation with them about why their posts are unacceptable in order to
help socially stigmatize the practice.
Lawmakers must also step in. In January, a bipartisan group of members of Congress
introduced the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024,
known as the DEFIANCE Act, which would allow victims to sue people who create
deepfakes of them if the perpetrator knows or recklessly disregards the fact that the
victim doesn’t consent to them. The bill is an imperfect solution because it’s often
hard to identify perpetrators — especially if law enforcement doesn’t take the
incident seriously and investigate. But it could still act as a powerful deterrent.
Congress needs to pass this legislation now.
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Last year, President Joe Biden secured voluntary commitments from major AI
companies to watermark AI-generated content, and major tech companies are
now working together to develop standards for doing so. This needs to be required
by law. In September, Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts introduced a bill that
would require AI-generated content to be watermarked, but it doesn’t go far enough.
Watermarks on AI content can be easily removed, so it’s also important to prohibit
the removal of such tags.
Americans need to wake up to an important fact: Nude deepfakes destroy women’s
lives. There’s nothing innocent about creating or engaging with them. Schools,
parents and libraries need to educate people about why it’s unacceptable to make or
share them. We need to make clear to people we know who engage with them that
it’s shameful. And lawmakers need to require watermarks on AI and allow victims to
sue their perpetrators. Our society needs to take th https://www.wsj.com/tech/fake-
nudes-of-real-students-cause-an-uproar-at-a-new-jersey-high-school-df10f1bbis new
form of violence against women and girls seriously.
AND !
Fake Nudes of Real Students Cause an Uproar at a New Jersey High School
After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the
school and the local police began investigating https://www.wsj.com/tech/fake-
nudes-of-real-students-cause-an-uproar-at-a-new-jersey-high-school-df10f1bb
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/opinions/nude-deepfakes-schools-girls-
alaimo/index.html
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