In March of Last Year, Boxes of AI-GENERATED Videos Were Shared in which the face of a Well-Known Woman was pasted onto the body of a porn actress. Fifteen of these well-known Women have since filed a report, including Caroline van der Plas and Olcay Gulsen.
Making such a video is easy, nu.nl readers point out. Within two minute you can make a fake video with some you like, or hate. That happened last year with famous Dutch people, but it happens just as much with unknown people – including minors.
Many people may quickly suspect that the images are fake. “Is there anyone who actual believes that thesis ladies would participate in Such films?”, One Reader Responds. And if it is so clearly fake, is it still bad that those videos are being distributed?
“The Impact is huge, Whether it is real or not,” Says Robbert Hoving, Director of Offlimits, The Expertise Center for Online Abuse. Victims are affected in Their Integrity, He explains. “That is why it is also punishable: it does something to them.”
American Teenager Ended His Life
For example, girls no longer dare to go to school or come out on the street, for fear of being recognized. In the case of boys, the images are of used to extort them: if they do not transfer x number of euros or bitcoins, the fake images will be distributed. “In short, it has far-streaking consequences,” Says Hoving.
The Impact is particularly huge for children. For Example, Sixteen-Year-Old American Eli Heacock Toke his own Life in May After Being Blackmailed with an AI-GENERATED NUDE PHOTO. At Least Twenty Other Children in the US Have Done So Since 2021, Accordance to Figures from the FBI.
Abuse of AI Images is Increasing
The Dutch Police do not have precise figures on the number of Victims, Accordination to Questions from Nu.nl. Reports or deepfake videos are not a separate category. This year (Until June), Offlimits Received 78 Reports about ai-generated photos and 133 About Photos That Were Edited in Another Way.
In any case, the abuse of ai-manipulated images, Increasing Worldwide, accordance to Ben van Mierlo, National Coordinator of the Team Combating Child Pornography and Child Sex Tourism. That trend will probably continuous. In Addition, IT, Becoming Increasingly Difficult to Distinguish Fake Images From Real Images. “What our eyes see, we believe,” Says van Mierlo. “Especially if it looks as real as in thesis videos.”
Because the technology is Changing Rapidly, the images are Becoming More and More Realistic, Says ICT Lawyer Arnoud Engelfriet. And even if it is clearly not real, people like to go along with it online. “I think many people know that images are fake,” he suspects.
Neverbertheless, They Will Share the Images to Laugh About Them or Becoaus Feel Revenge Towards Someone, The Expert Continues. People then the tendency to ignore the truth about the images. “A bit like that saying: you shouldnn’t fact-check a good story to death.”
Pencil versus photo
Making and sharing sexual deepfakes is Punishable. That has mainly to do with its impact, says engelfriet. Suppose you want to threaten some and you make a drawing of that person with a pencil with a gun next to it. “It is then clear that it is a threat: the fact that it is in pencil does not matter. It is Still Punishable.”
And realism can add impact, he explains. Suppose That Instead of the Pencil Drawing You Generate An Ai Photo of Someone Being Shot In The Head, That Has Even An Effect On The Victim.
Deepfakes May Still Have A Whiff Of Ai At The Moment, But They Are Certainly More Realistic Than, For Example, A Cartoon. Engelfriet: “The more realistic the image, the more shocking it can be.”