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2 days agoMN Senate Passes Nation's First Ban on Apps That Create Nonconsensual Deepfakes
Minnesota Senate passed the first ban on 'nudification' apps, targeting nonconsensual deepfakes, awaiting governor's signature.
Children have told me they are frightened by the very idea of this technology even being available, let alone used. They fear that anyone - a stranger, a classmate, or even a friend - could use a smartphone as a way of manipulating them by creating a naked image using these bespoke apps.