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Forcing platforms to remove non-consensual intimate imagery quickly
If a person used Grok to generate AI child sexual abuse material (CSAM), then deleted it and never distributed it, prosecution is possible but not guaranteed: U.S. federal law already covers the creat...
Given U.S. legal obligations and public reporting practices by platforms, it is plausible and moderately likely that xAI will submit incidents originating in 2025 to NCMEC in 2026; however, available ...
Courts and scholars defending deepfake and AI-generated sexual content against statutory bans have mainly invoked core First Amendment doctrines: that synthetic expression is speech, content-based res...
Victims of AI-driven health scams that use celebrity deepfakes can pursue a mix of traditional tort and fraud claims, emerging statutory causes of action targeted at non‑consensual deepfakes, and admi...
Victims who bought dangerous or fake health products promoted with deepfaked endorsements have a multi‑front legal playbook: federal consumer enforcement (FTC), false‑endorsement and trademark claims ...
Governments and regulators are moving from observation to action on AI deepfakes, combining mandates to label and trace synthetic content with notice-and-takedown rules and criminal/civil remedies for...
Platform takedowns and consumer-protection tools have scored measurable wins against AI-enabled medical scams—regulators and platforms carried out record takedowns and enforcement sweeps in 2025 and l...
Texas law now treats AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) of adults as criminal and civil harms, and platforms are subject to takedown obligations...
Victims and civil‑society groups have responded to AI‑generated nonconsensual intimate images with a mix of litigation, legislative advocacy, platform pressure, research and public shaming campaigns a...
Federal and state law now treat the nonconsensual sharing of intimate images as criminal and civilly actionable conduct, with the new TAKE IT DOWN Act creating federal criminal penalties (fines, manda...
Creators of AI deepfakes of journalists can face a mix of civil and criminal legal actions: removal orders and takedown procedures under new federal and state laws, civil suits for defamation, privacy...
The most effective 2025 interventions against impersonation fraud have been targeted federal and state measures that force platform takedowns of harmful synthetic content and expand regulatory liabili...