Deepfake Law 101

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Since the creation of deepfakes in 2017, the AI-powered technology that swaps faces into videos has become commonplace, particularly in pornography.

Using someone's image without their consent to create porn can have damaging effects, emotionally and physically. But no federal law criminalizes the creation or sharing of non-consensual deepfake porn in the United States.

Endless Thread co-hosts Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson speak with producer Dean Russell about deepfake law and the movement for change.

Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mixing and sound design by Emily Jankowski. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

(Photo Illustration by Adrien Fillon/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, heads up! This episode deals with sexual harassment and abuse.
0:06.0	WDUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:19.0	Amory, Ben, Dean Russell, Dean, Happy Scotus season.
0:25.0	To all who celebrate.
0:28.0	Oh, it's right.
0:31.0	This is the story of what happens when nine people between the ages of 50 and 74 decide the fate of the Internet.
0:40.0	Oh no.
0:41.0	Perfect.
0:42.0	So in February, I heard about this one case at the Supreme Court.
0:47.0	We are arguing this morning, case 21, 13, 33, Gonzalez versus Google.
0:53.0	It's a snapper.
0:54.0	Gonzalez versus Google.
0:56.0	GBG.
0:58.0	So back in 2015, Paris saw a string of terror attacks.
1:03.0	ISIS killed 130 people, including 23-year-old college student Noemi Gonzalez.
1:10.0	The plaintiffs suffered a terrible fate and their argument is it's because people were radicalized by ISIS.
1:15.0	The Gonzalez family claimed that Google's subsidiary, YouTube, used its algorithm
1:22.0	that promoted ISIS recruitment videos.
1:25.0	It was hosting and disseminating terrorist agit prop.
1:29.0	In other words, Google aided and abetted the murder of Noemi Gonzalez.
1:34.0	Wow.
1:35.0	But there's this one law that protects companies like Google from these sorts of claims.
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