Congress asking Apple and other big tech what they’re doing about deepfakes
Pointed letters from Congress have been sent to tech executives like Apple’s Tim Cook, stating concerns over the prevalence of deepfake non-consensual intimate images.
The letters stem from earlier reports about nude deepfakes being created using dual-use apps. Advertisements popped up all over social media promoting face swapping, and users were using them to place faces into nude or pornographic images.
According to a new report from 404 Media, the US Congress is taking action based on these reports, asking tech companies how it plans to stop non-consensual intimate images from being generated on their platforms. Letters were sent to Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, ByteDance, Snap, and X.
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