Tech sector warns of dangers of overregulation, as case involving deepfakes of HKU students reveals ‘complicated’ legal questions
Betrayal was the first thought to cross the mind of a University of Hong Kong (HKU) law student when she found out that a classmate, whom she had considered a friend, had used AI to depict her naked.
“I felt a great sense of betrayal and was traumatised by the friendship and all the collective memories,” said the student, who has asked to be called “B”.
She was not alone. More than 700 deepfake pornographic images were found on her male classmate’s computer, including AI-generated pictures of other HKU students.
B said she felt “used” and that her bodily autonomy and dignity had been violated.
