09 October 2024
Every Fake You Make
In Asia, the war on fake news is reaching the next level. Several countries tightened regulatory demands over the past few years and introduced criminal liability for users and platforms publishing false content online. The laws effectively contribute to making the truth: Anything that is not aligned with the legal standards of what is considered true may be found unlawful. This blog post scrutinizes new legislation in South Korea and Singapore. Both jurisdictions are criminalizing deepfakes per se during election periods. The post situates these laws in the broader context of legal efforts to tighten controls of digital communication in Asia and beyond. Continue reading >>
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03 June 2024
Deepfakes, the Weaponisation of AI Against Women and Possible Solutions
In January 2024, social media platforms were flooded with intimate images of pop icon Taylor Swift, quickly reaching millions of users. However, the abusive content was not real; they were deepfakes – synthetic media generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to depict a person’s likeness. But the threat goes beyond celebrities. Virtually anyone (with women being disproportionately targeted) can be a victim of non-consensual intimate deepfakes (NCID). Albeit most agree that companies must be held accountable for disseminating potentially extremely harmful content like NCIDs, effective legal responsibility mechanisms remain elusive. This article proposes concrete changes to content moderation rules as well as enhanced liability for AI providers that enable such abusive content in the first place. Continue reading >>
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15 December 2023
Wie viel Unwahrheit verträgt die Kunst?
Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz verkündet im Namen der Bundesregierung, ein Verbotsverfahren gegen die AfD anzustrengen. Diesen Eindruck erweckt ein Video, das das Zentrum für Politische Schönheit (ZPS) am 27. November veröffentlichte, später entfernte und mit einem Urheberhinweis zu Beginn des Videos neu hochlud. Am 15. Dezember 2023 erklärte das ZPS, dass YouTube das Deepfake-Video in seiner ursprünglichen Form wieder freigeschaltet hat. Im konkreten Fall dürfte sich ein Verbreitungsverbot des Videos dennoch als verhältnismäßiger Eingriff in die Kunstfreiheit des ZPS erweisen. Continue reading >>
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