A set of reforms will require tech platforms to prevent access to abhorrent technologies, including apps used for stalking and tools that create deepfake nude images. Australia will work with technology firms to eliminate abusive technologies while protecting legitimate, consent-based AI and online tracking services. Abusive technologies are widely accessible and causing real, irreparable damage, prompting a proactive harm-prevention approach and industry cooperation. The use of AI to create explicit images without consent has proliferated, with a survey finding 10% knew someone targeted and 6% reported being direct victims. New legal measures include a forthcoming ban on minors' social media and large fines for platforms.
Minister for Communications Anika Wells said Australia would work with firms to stamp out abhorrent technologies while ensuring legitimate and consent-based artificial intelligence (AI) and online tracking services were not adversely affected. Abusive technologies are widely and easily accessible and are causing real and irreparable damage now, Wells said in a statement. These new, evolving, technologies require a new, proactive, approach to harm prevention and we'll work closely with industry to achieve this.
The use of AI to create sexually explicit images of people without their consent has been a growing concern amid the proliferation of platforms capable of creating photo-realistic material at the click of a mouse. In a survey of 1,200 young people carried out by the United States-based advocacy group Thorn last year, 10 percent of respondents reported personally knowing someone who had deepfake nude imagery created of them, while 6 percent said they had been a direct victim of such abuse.
Tech platforms to be responsible for preventing access to abhorrent technologies' under reforms announced by Canberra. Australia has announced plans to ban apps used for stalking and creating deepfake nudes. Australia has introduced a series of sweeping legal reforms aimed at curbing online harm in recent years, including the world's first ban on social media use by minors. Under the ban set to take effect by the end of the year, social media platforms will face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($32m)
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