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Man who used AI to create child abuse images jailed for 18 years (www.theguardian.com)

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Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, jailed after transforming normal pictures of children into sexual abuse imagery

A man who used AI to create child abuse images using photographs of real children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

In the first prosecution of its kind in the UK, Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, was convicted of 16 child sexual abuse offences in August, after an investigation by Greater Manchester police (GMP).

Nelson had used Daz 3D, a computer programme with an AI function, to transform “normal” images of children into sexual abuse imagery, Greater Manchester police said. In some cases, paedophiles had commissioned the images, supplying photographs of children with whom they had contact in real life.

He was also found guilty of encouraging other offenders to commit rape.

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[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Relevant part of Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (UK)

Section 65 (regarding what "child" means in the context of indecent images)

(6)Where an image shows a person the image is to be treated as an image of a child if—

(a)the impression conveyed by the image is that the person shown is a child, or

(b)the predominant impression conveyed is that the person shown is a child despite the fact that some of the physical characteristics shown are not those of a child.

(end quote)

In other words, an image can be treated as an indecent image of a child if the "impression conveyed" is that the person is under 18, even if that person has older "physical characteristics".

This legislation is more directed at non photographic imagery (so hentai / CGI etc) and the reference to physical characteristics is apparently a reference to a large breasts or "1000 year old vampire teeth" not being viable as an excuse that the image doesn't give the impression of a child.

I can't recall specifically what legislation was used regarding the age play couple I referenced. I can't find a specific law that says it's wrong for a photograph of an adult to appear underage. So it may just be that they were reported to police because they shared their images online without context. I don't know if they were subsequently prosecuted.