New Bill Targeting Sexual Deepfakes Passes Lower House

While the new bill will target the sharing of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, it will not penalise the creation of that content.

The lower house of Parliament in Melbourne, Australia, on April 23, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

A bill that targets the sharing of deepfake sexual materials without consent has passed the lower house of the Australian parliament.

This comes amid a rise in sexually explicit images and videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) or other technology on the internet.