South Africa is about to become the latest of a small number of countries to introduce a law against ‘deepfake porn’. The Cybercrimes Bill is directed against revenge porn and, under that banner, covers photo shopped images and specifically deepfake porn. The bill is apparently ‘just one swish of a presidential pen away from becoming… Read More »
According to a report in the Korea JoongAng Daily, South Korea is set to become the first country in the world to turn ‘deepfake porn’ into a sexual offence. Although a number of American States have introduced legislation already, and China has passed a law against the technology, South Korea is believed to be the… Read More »
It’s now something of a truism, and one of the guiding philosophies of this site, that sex and porn play a leading role in driving technology forward. But do they also determine the path of legislation too? In an interesting article published this week, Darrell M. West – the author of ‘The Future of Work:… Read More »
A British academic has called for deepfake porn to be criminalized. The British parliament is in the process of ‘closing a loophole’ which allowed upskirt photos to be legal. A so called ‘academic expert’ on the regulation of Internet porn has demanded that politicians seize the opportunity to ‘futureproof’ sex tech legislation by criminalizing the… Read More »
Earlier this month Donald Trump signed into law the controversial anti-sex trafficking law (FOSTA) that has already forced Craigslist to shut down its famous personals section for fear of not being able to meet the strict demands of the act. There are also fears that the entire adult industry could be affected, as it might… Read More »
Controversial plans by the British government to force all adult sites to introduce age verification checks on UK visitors or face being blocked, have been put back until later in the year. The scheme was due to begin next month, but in the last few weeks it has become clear that nobody has any idea… Read More »