In a historic case, an Australian adolescent entered a guilty plea to producing deepfake pornography. William Hamish Yeates, 19, is the first person to face charges under a new national law that makes manipulating sexual pictures illegal and carries a maximum sentence of seven years in jail. The new frontier of gendered, image-based abuse and school bullying, according to experts, is deepfake pornography, which is frequently produced using artificial intelligence technology and mostly targets women and girls.
Yeates admitted four offenses on Wednesday, but he remained silent as he left the courtroom. In April, he will be back for a hearing. Yeates was previously charged with 20 Commonwealth offences, but the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) dropped some of them after he admitted to using a carriage service in an offensive or harassing manner and producing or altering sexual material without permission and distributing it.
According to what the court heard, Yeates shared pictures of his purported victim on several X accounts without getting her permission. Although several jurisdictions have their own laws pertaining to deepfake material, a spokesman for Commonwealth prosecutors had previously said it was the first case of its kind. The eSafety Commission, Australia’s internet regulator, has been trying to outlaw applications that “nudify” people in the country and has warned of the growing threat of AI-manipulated content.
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