The NSW Coalition will introduce a Bill in Parliament to criminalise the production and/or distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes, following disturbing reports of female students, teachers and workers being digitally targeted across the state.
Deepfakes are AI-generated, highly realistic but false images, video, audio, or text that falsely depict a real person doing or saying something they never did. In 2023, 98% of deepfake videos online were pornographic and 99% featured women.
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch welcomed the announcement and pledged his support for the bill when it comes before the NSW Parliament.
“This deepfake abuse is happening in our schools, workplaces, and communities and it’s overwhelmingly targeting women,” Mr Crouch said.
“With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (A.I) technology it’s important we get on this now, no more loopholes, no more excuses.”
“Chris Minns had promised to act on this, but as usual, we have seen nothing – he is heavy on spin, light on delivery”.
“We’re putting forward commonsense laws to send a clear message: if it’s not your body, it’s not your right.”
“Women and girls deserve real protections in the digital age and the law must reflect that.”
“I’m proud to be part of a team fighting to keep NSW women safe from this new form of abuse,” Mr Crouch said.