Safety messages about drugs and sex are already routinely misidentified and removed from social media platforms. The proposed bill would take this further.
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The rapid development of new technologies means criminalisation alone is unlikely to stop the spread of sexualised deepfakes.
With a major inquiry into online harms nearing its conclusion, NZ faces a pivotal decision about how boldly it wants to respond.
While the UK reins in deepfakes on Elon Musk’s X, NZ’s outdated laws leave women exposed and platforms unaccountable.
AI policy development is not a neutral or technical process but a political one.
One recent analysis of almost 100,000 deepfake porn videos found South Korean women and girls featured in more than half.
The government says the online safety framework infringed on free speech. But some of the world’s biggest tech companies have said they aren’t opposed to some form of regulation.
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow, Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Addiction Research, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Film, and Communication, University of Otago
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Associate Professor in Screen, Flinders University
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PhD Candidate Senior Legal and Policy Advisor (Gender and Justice), Supreme Prosecutor's Office, South Korea, Monash University
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow, University of Galway
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PhD Candidate, ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University
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Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University; UNSW ; Burnet Institute
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology