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The use of AI to generate fake images and the challenges of verifying their authenticity
A social-media meme that pairs an image of an unmasked ICE agent with the claim that he is a Proud Boys member is not supported by available evidence: the circulated images were created or altered wit...
There is no verified, authenticated photographic evidence in the reporting provided that shows Donald Trump posing with or sexually engaging with underage girls; numerous images and videos claiming to...
National laws converge on a fundamental taboo — sexual content involving minors is widely prohibited — but diverge sharply on whether and how to criminalize non‑photographic material such as drawings,...
Fact‑checkers and newsrooms traced a fast‑moving cascade of AI‑generated and misattributed images after the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by combining reverse‑image searches, frame‑by‑frame vid...
National laws diverge sharply on where child sexual abuse material (CSAM) begins and where lawful—but sexualized—images of minors end: differences show up in who counts as a “child,” how “sexually exp...
Major fact‑checking organizations combed open‑source evidence, contactable records and visual forensics to separate authentic video from AI‑made or misattributed images after the Minneapolis ICE shoot...
Independent fact‑checkers point to three converging lines of evidence to show the widely circulated photo claiming to depict Renee Nicole Good was doctored or misattributed: reverse‑image searches tha...
Commercial pornography increasingly uses digital alteration—from photo compositing and CGI to AI-driven “deepfake” techniques—and scholars and journalists warn these practices are spreading rapidly ev...
Federal law already reaches “accessing with intent to view” certain child sexual material transmitted via interstate commerce, and several states have statutes broader than mere possession that can cr...