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Two Men Charged Under A.I.-Revenge Porn Law: What to Know
Two men in the U.S. have been federally charged with using artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit photos and videos of women without consent under a new law, as global concern grows over regulating misuse of A.I.
TL;DR
- Two men, Arturo Hernandez and Cornelius Shannon, face federal charges for allegedly creating and distributing non-consensual AI-generated explicit images and videos.
- They are among the first defendants charged under the 2025 'Take It Down Act,' a federal law criminalizing the spread of non-consensual deepfakes.
- The 'Take It Down Act' requires platforms to remove such content within 48 hours of notification and was supported by bipartisan lawmakers.
- The law was partly spurred by the activism of teenagers who were victims of AI-generated deepfakes.
- Previous cases include James Strahler II, who pleaded guilty to using AI for non-consensual explicit images and videos of adults and minors.