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25 arrested in global hit against AI-generated child sexual abuse material (www.europol.europa.eu)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It obviously depends on where they live and/or committed the crimes. But most countries have broad laws against anything, real or fake, that depicts CSAM.

It both because as technology gets better it would be easy for offenders to claims anything they’ve been caught with is AI created.

It’s also because there’s a belief that AI generated CSAM encourages real child abuse.

I shan’t say whether it does - I tend to believe so but haven’t seen data to prove me right or wrong.

Also, at the end, I think it’s simply an ethical position.