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Incident 1752: AI Was Reportedly Used to Create a Nonconsensual Pornographic Video Depicting a Bhutanese Woman in New Zealand

Description: A pornographic video with the face of a Bhutanese woman living in New Zealand superimposed using AI was reportedly posted online without her consent. She described embarrassment and psychological distress. After contacting police in Bhutan and New Zealand, she said she used StopNCII.org, a service for limiting nonconsensual intimate-image sharing, and could no longer find the video online.
Editor Notes: 01/08/2024 is the incident ID date; the ID was created 10/14/2026.

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Alleged: Synthetic media technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Synthetic media creators and Deepfake creators, which harmed Women and girls , Women , Unnamed woman from Bhutan living in New Zealand , Privacy and People depicted in non-consensual intimate imagery.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic video generation technology , Synthetic media technology and Deepfake technology

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1752
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-01-08
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Deepfake Impact: Bhutanese woman’s ordeal and legal challenges in cyberspace
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Deepfake Impact: Bhutanese woman’s ordeal and legal challenges in cyberspace

Deepfake Impact: Bhutanese woman’s ordeal and legal challenges in cyberspace

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Deepfake Impact: Bhutanese woman’s ordeal and legal challenges in cyberspace
bbs.bt · 2024

Despite the world of differences, artificial intelligence, AI, is making in cyberspace, it is equally becoming destructive. From spreading misinformation to impersonating people and sending unpleasant messages to others, the impact of AI am…

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