The rapid development of new technologies means criminalisation alone is unlikely to stop the spread of sexualised deepfakes.
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Publicly bombarding women with these images exerts control over how they present themselves online.
These images are being shared in an attempt to harass, demean or silence individuals.
Criminal law struggles to keep up with predatory uses of the technology for ‘image-based sexual abuse’. It’s time to step back and build future-proof protections.
The invisible threat of deepfake porn now pervades the lives of women and girls
There’s nothing surprising about the fake explicit images going viral. It happens to women celebrities frequently – but anyone can be targeted.
Image-based sexual abuse often goes unreported and under-prosecuted.
Campaigners argue that victims of ‘revenge porn’ need to be acknowledged as victims of sexual abuse.
The show has been marketed as a feminist reclaiming, but at an emotional and traumatic cost to Pamela Anderson.
Coronavirus has meant more time at home, more time online and more image-based abuse.
New research has found that young women, Indigenous Australians and people with disabilities are the most frequent victims of ‘revenge porn.’
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
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Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Society for Applied Philosophy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds
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Sexologist & Lecturer and Research Fellow in Communications & Culture, Edith Cowan University
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Teaching Fellow & PhD Researcher, Durham University
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of York
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Teaching Fellow, Community Justice, University of Portsmouth