Search Engines Told to Ban Access to AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

Providers must now review and improve their artificial intelligence functionality to ensure restricted material is not returned in search results.
Search Engines Told to Ban Access to AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
An image of the TikTok phone app in front of a laptop featuring the front page to Australia's eSafety commissioner website, taken in Perth, Western Australia on Jan. 20, 2024. Wade Zhong/The Epoch Times
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Search engine providers like Google, Duck Duck Go, and Bing will be required in Australia to prevent nefarious users from accessing deep fake child sexual abuse videos and images via embedded artificial intelligence after an enforceable online safety code came into effect today.

Launched by the eSafety Commission, the Internet Search Engine Services Code provides minimum compliance measures for search engine providers.

Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.
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