First Australian Charged Under Deepfake Pornography Laws Avoids Jail

First Australian Charged Under Deepfake Pornography Laws Avoids Jail

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William Hamish Yeates, who admitted to creating and sharing sexually explicit deepfake images of a teenage girl, has become the first Australian charged under deepfake pornography laws. Despite the serious nature of the offense, he avoided jail time in this case.

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