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Tougher AI Policies Could Protect Taylor Swift--And Everyone Else--From Deepfakes

In January Taylor Swift became the latest high-profile target of nonconsensual deepfake images. It’s time for regulations that ban this kind of abusive AI content, cyberadvocates say

How to Protect Yourself From Deepfakes, AI Sexual Harassment

Taylor Swift isn't the first victim of AI-generated deepfake pornography, and she won't be the last. Here's what experts want you to know about the tech.

Deepfake porn: What to do next if someone makes one of you

6 tips to help you deal with the fallout of deepfake abuse.

Star-Spangled Fascism: Extremists and the First Amendment

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring whether the First Amendment and its near absolute protection of free speech makes Americans more vulnerable to political extremism. This conversation is inspired by the new film "Nazi Town, USA."Panelists will discuss the contours of the First Amendment's free speech protections, and the extent to which they have been used to permit public hate speech and other extremist beliefs, contrasting these legal precedents with those of other Western countries.Featured guests:Dr. Mary Anne Franks: Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at George Washington Law School and the President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director of the nonprofit organization Cyber Civil Rights InitiativeSteven J. Ross: Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the University of Southern California’s Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American LifeThe discussion will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith, Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where she teaches courses on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives, Modern America, and History in Fact and Fiction.RSVP NOWThe conversation will also be streamed live on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's Facebook and YouTube channels.

From Taylor Swift to teens, pornographic deepfakes are spreading

The internet's CSAM problem keeps getting worse. Here's why.

Child sex images are booming online. Congress wants to know why.

Despite decades of efforts to crack down on sexual pictures and videos of children online, they’re more widely available now than ever, according to new data.

Star-Spangled Fascism: Extremists and the First Amendment

American Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring whether the First Amendment and its near absolute protection of free speech makes Americans more vulnerable to political extremism. This conversation is inspired by our new film<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/nazi-town-usa/">&nbsp;<b>Nazi Town, USA.</b></a><br/><br/>Panelists will discuss the contours of the First Amendment's free speech protections, and the extent to which they have been used to permit public hate speech and other extremist beliefs, contrasting these legal precedents with those of other Western countries. They will also consider if and how the First Amendment has been adapted to modern digital communication, through which radical thought can spread more widely and quickly than ever before. The panel will reflect on whether speech itself or other factors are responsible for the growing acceptance of social and political sentiments that were once considered extreme.<br/><br/><b>Panelists:</b><br/><br/><b>Dr. Mary Anne Franks</b> is the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at George Washington Law School and the President and Legislative &amp; Tech Policy Director of the nonprofit organization Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Her areas of expertise include First and Second Amendment law, criminal law, family law, and the intersection of civil rights and technology. She is the author of the award-winning book, The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech (Stanford Press, 2019). Her second book, Fearless Speech (Bold Type Books) will be published later this year.<br/><br/><b>Steven J. Ross</b> is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the University of Southern California’s Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life. His recent book, Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America was named a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History for 2018 and has been on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for 23 weeks.<br/><br/>The discussion will be moderated by <b>Adriane Lentz-Smith</b>. Lentz-Smith is an Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where she teaches courses on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives, Modern America, and History in Fact and Fiction. A scholar of African American history as well as the histories of the twentieth-century United States and the US &amp; the World, Lentz Smith is the author of Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I (Harvard University Press, 2009), as well as numerous other scholarly articles and reviews.<br/><br/>This event will be livestreamed on our <a href="https://fb.me/e/1hcJBogI1"><b>Facebook</b></a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfSWnjt7xDs&amp;list=PLmh4YIWteoGhn6gwV1X_UebHijqwPHZ1_&amp;index=1"><b>YouTube</b></a> pages.<br/>

Virtual Event - Star-Spangled Fascism - Wednesday, January 31 at 2 PM (MT)

Revenge porn bill moves ahead in Massachusetts House

Massachusetts is one of only two states – along with South Carolina – that has yet to criminalize so-called revenge porn