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Deepfake porn is now mainstream. And major sites are cashing in (www.wired.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by Amicchan@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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I'm uncertain if deepfake porn should be banned; it's already difficult to enforce copyright on the internet, because it'll just get redistributed.

Similarly, it would be impossible to enforce restrictions on deepfake porn; because it can easily be redistributed.

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[–] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It’s also sexual abuse, on the same level of taking a nude picture without consent and posting it publicly.

I wouldn't assume that the source image was taken illegally; it could be a picture that the person consented. (e.g A married couple consenting to getting a photo shoot together.)

What if the "victim" was accidentally framed in the picture?

Also, there could be a danger of someone falsely claiming that a video involves a deepfake of a victim.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t assume that the source image was taken illegally; it could be a picture that the person consented

Yes, but unless they consented specifically to having porn made from those images, that's still highly problematic.

[–] electrodynamica@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

But only because that's where technology is today. You need many images of the face at many angles, and it is only a face swap of real video that was captured.

Within 50 years it will be possible to create complete fakes from whole cloth. No images, no video as a source. Only a person's imagination. At that point it is equivalent of cartoons.