A Brooklyn courthouse unsealed criminal complaints against two men who allegedly posted “thousands” of nonconsensual intimate AI deepfakes, according to the US Attorney’s Office. The Take It Down Act’s criminal prohibitions have been in place for a year, but platforms’ obligation to remove such deepfakes just came into force yesterday. [Link: Two Individuals Arrested for Publishing AI Deepfake Pornography In Violation Of TAKE IT DOWN Act | https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-individuals-arrested-publishing-ai-deepfake-pornography-violation-take-it-down-act | U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York]

Digital platforms will be held liable for nonconsensual sexual images but critics say it will be a free speech disaster.

The Take It Down Act is in full force, but it could be a gift to government censors — not victims of image-based sexual abuse.