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Australia: + '''Office of the eSafety Commissioner''' at esafety.gov.au is Australia's independent regulator for online safety
 
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New laws
New laws
* [[#UK|UK]]'s [[#Online Safety Act 2023|Online Safety Act 2023]] has been passed to law and reportedly criminalizes non-consensual synthetic pornography.
* [[#UK|UK]]'s [[#Online Safety Act 2023|Online Safety Act 2023]] has been passed to law and reportedly criminalizes non-consensual synthetic pornography.
* The [[#EU|European Union]] has finalized a law package to regulate AI called the [[#Artificial Intelligence Act|Artificial Intelligence Act]]


New bills are currently in the works in
New bills are currently in the works in
* The [[#EU|European Union]] is finalizing a law package to regulate AI called the [[#Artificial Intelligence Act|Artificial Intelligence Act]] and a few other highly relevant legislative efforts.
* Current [[#Bills in the EU|bills in the EU]] of high importance are the almost finalized [[#Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence|Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence]] and the [[#Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse|Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse]]
* [[#Current bills in the USA|US Senate is considering an anti-fake bill and the House is considering several bills]]
* [[#Current bills in the USA|US Senate is considering an anti-fake bill and the House is considering several bills]]
* [[#Canada|Canada]] is considering C-27
* [[#Canada|Canada]] is considering C-27
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'''Information elsewhere / legal information compilations''' (recommended)
'''Information elsewhere / legal information compilations''' (recommended)
<section begin=anti-fake-law-compilations/>
<section begin=anti-fake-law-compilations/>
* {{#lst:Organizations, studies and events against synthetic human-like fakes|cybercivilrights.org law compilations}}
* <section begin=responsible.ai 2023/>[https://www.responsible.ai/post/a-look-at-global-deepfake-regulation-approaches '''''A Look at Global Deepfake Regulation Approaches''''' at responsible.ai]<ref name="responsible.ai 2023">
* <section begin=responsible.ai 2023/>[https://www.responsible.ai/post/a-look-at-global-deepfake-regulation-approaches '''''A Look at Global Deepfake Regulation Approaches''''' at responsible.ai]<ref name="responsible.ai 2023">
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</ref> May 2023 compilation and reporting by Kaylee Williams<section end=tech policy press 2023/>
</ref> May 2023 compilation and reporting by Kaylee Williams<section end=tech policy press 2023/>
* <section begin=Foundation RA deepfake AI laws for USA/>[https://foundationra.com/deepfake-ai-laws/ '''''Deepfake AI laws for USA''''' at foundationra.com], [https://foundationra.com/sextortion-laws/ '''''Sextortion laws for USA''''' at foundationra.com] and [https://foundationra.com/revenge-porn-laws-us/ '''''Revenge porn laws for USA'''''  at foundationra.com] compilations by [https://foundationra.com/ Foundation RA]<section end=Foundation RA deepfake AI laws for USA/>
* <section begin=Onfido 2024/>[https://onfido.com/blog/deepfake-law/ '''''Deepfake laws: is AI outpacing legislation?''''' at onfido.com]<ref name="Onfido 2024">
* <section begin=Onfido 2024/>[https://onfido.com/blog/deepfake-law/ '''''Deepfake laws: is AI outpacing legislation?''''' at onfido.com]<ref name="Onfido 2024">
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= Australia =
= Australia =
[[File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg|thumb|right|200px|Australia]]
The [https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2021A00076/latest/text '''Online Safety Act 2021''' at legislation.gov.au]<ref group="1st seen in" name="Equality Now and AUDRi 2024 briefing paper">https://equalitynow.org/resource/briefing-paper-deepfake-image-based-sexual-abuse-tech-facilitated-sexual-exploitation-and-the-law/</ref> regulates the non-consensual sharing or threatening to share sexual images.
The [https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2021A00076/latest/text '''Online Safety Act 2021''' at legislation.gov.au]<ref group="1st seen in" name="Equality Now and AUDRi 2024 briefing paper">https://equalitynow.org/resource/briefing-paper-deepfake-image-based-sexual-abuse-tech-facilitated-sexual-exploitation-and-the-law/</ref> regulates the non-consensual sharing or threatening to share sexual images.


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* [https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/media-technology-communications/internet/online-safety/current-legislation '''''Key elements of the Online Safety Act 2021''''' at infrastructure.gov.au]
* [https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/media-technology-communications/internet/online-safety/current-legislation '''''Key elements of the Online Safety Act 2021''''' at infrastructure.gov.au]
* [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_LEGislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6680 '''Online Safety Bill 2021''' at aph.gov.au]
* [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_LEGislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6680 '''Online Safety Bill 2021''' at aph.gov.au]
* [https://foundationra.com/australia/ '''Revenge porn laws in Australia''' at foundationra.com]


= Canada =
= Canada =
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[[File:Suomen lippu valokuva.png|thumb|right|alt=An image of a Finnish flag|thumb|255px|Finland strongly criminalized synthetic sexual pictures depicting children in 2011, upon the initiative of the [[w:Vanhanen II Cabinet]]]]
[[File:Suomen lippu valokuva.png|thumb|right|alt=An image of a Finnish flag|thumb|255px|Finland strongly criminalized synthetic sexual pictures depicting children in 2011, upon the initiative of the [[w:Vanhanen II Cabinet]]]]
== Laws in Finland ==
== Laws in Finland ==
[[File:Flag_of_Finland.svg|link=Suomen seksuaalirikoslaki 2023|25px]] Suomeksi / in Finnish [[Suomen seksuaalirikoslaki 2023]]
=== Law on sexual offences in Finland 2023 ===
=== Law on sexual offences in Finland 2023 ===
{{#lst:Law on sexual offences in Finland 2023|what-is-it}}
{{#lst:Law on sexual offences in Finland 2023|what-is-it}}
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[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|thumb|right|200px|The UK has improved its legislation.]]
[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|thumb|right|200px|The UK has improved its legislation.]]


=== Anti-CSAM measures 2025 ===
On Saturday 2025-02-01 Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced that the UK will be the 1st country in the world to<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-leading-the-way-protecting-children-from-online-predators</ref>
* "''make it illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM), punishable by up to 5 years in prison''"
* "''make it illegal for anyone to possess AI ‘paedophile manuals’ which teach people how to use AI to sexually abuse children, punishable by up to 3 years in prison''"
Also a law to
* "''introduce a specific offence for predators who run websites designed for other paedophiles to share vile child sexual abuse content or advice on how to groom children, punishable by up to 10 years in prison''"
Additional powers will be given to the Border Force
* "''give Border Force the necessary powers to keep the UK safe and prevent the distribution of CSAM which is often filmed abroad by allowing officers to compel an individual who they reasonably suspect poses a sexual risk to children to unlock their digital devices for inspection, punishable by up to 3 years in prison, depending on the severity''"
Official
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-leading-the-way-protecting-children-from-online-predators '''''Britain's leading the way protecting children from online predators ''''' at gov.uk] - ''UK becomes the first country in the world to create new AI sexual abuse offences to protect children from predators generating AI images. ''
Reporting
* [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d90qe4nylo '''''AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws''''' at bbc.com]
* [https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/uk/britain-criminalizes-ai-child-sex-abuse-intl-hnk/index.html '''''UK to target AI child sex abuse tools in world first legal crackdown''''' at edition.cnn.com]
* [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/2/uk-to-become-first-country-to-criminalise-ai-child-abuse-tools '''''UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools''''' at aljazeera.com]
* [https://www.voanews.com/a/uk-to-become-1st-country-to-criminalize-ai-child-abuse-tools/7959851.html '''''UK to become 1st country to criminalize AI child abuse tools''''' at voanews.com]
=== Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in the UK 2024 ===
On Tuesday 2024-04-16 the UK announced that '''creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK'''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/creating-sexually-explicit-deepfake-images-to-be-made-offence-in-uk '''''creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK''''' at theguardian.com]</ref> This is a very good move and next logical step would be the prohibition of non-consensually possessing other people's appearance models and voice models, as suggested in [[#Law proposals against synthetic filth by Juho Kunsola|Law proposals against synthetic filth by Juho Kunsola]]. There is really no logical reason to allow criminal leagues to legally possess and trade their libraries of models without this acquisition through covert modeling or trading and possession of raw materials (covert models) to produce the disinformation weapons being illegal.
On Tuesday 2024-04-16 the UK announced that '''creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK'''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/creating-sexually-explicit-deepfake-images-to-be-made-offence-in-uk '''''creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK''''' at theguardian.com]</ref> This is a very good move and next logical step would be the prohibition of non-consensually possessing other people's appearance models and voice models, as suggested in [[#Law proposals against synthetic filth by Juho Kunsola|Law proposals against synthetic filth by Juho Kunsola]]. There is really no logical reason to allow criminal leagues to legally possess and trade their libraries of models without this acquisition through covert modeling or trading and possession of raw materials (covert models) to produce the disinformation weapons being illegal.


Reporting
* [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/creating-sexually-explicit-deepfake-images-to-be-made-offence-in-uk '''''Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK''''' at theguardian.com]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/creating-sexually-explicit-deepfake-images-to-be-made-offence-in-uk '''''Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK''''' at theguardian.com]


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* {{#lst:{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}|criminaldefenselawyer.com 2024}}
* {{#lst:{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}|criminaldefenselawyer.com 2024}}
* {{#lst:{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}|Foundation RA deepfake AI laws for USA}}


{{#lst:Organizations, studies and events against synthetic human-like fakes|cybercivilrights.org law compilations}}
{{#lst:Organizations, studies and events against synthetic human-like fakes|cybercivilrights.org law compilations}}