Abstract
Generative AI has made it easy to create and distribute nude, sexual content without a person’s consent. With just an image of a face, a person can be depicted in intimate contexts without their permission, or even awareness. Victims of non-consensual intimate content (NCIM) experience extreme loss of privacy, dignity, and safety. Victims can range from celebrities to politicians to everyday citizens to children. NCIM online is not a new problem – people’s bodies and likeness have been captured, altered, and distributed online without their permission since the early days of the Internet. However, the scale and scope enabled by generative AI has dramatically changed the landscape of sexual harms. We will examine the legal and ethical concerns posed by non-consensual intimate content and explore the regulatory and technological measures needed to address it. We will also provide practical recommendations for requesting takedown of non-consensual content after it happens.
Biography
Sarita Schoenebeck is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Her research examines social and technical approaches to creating safer and more equitable experiences online. Her research has been covered in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and elsewhere. She has taught at Michigan and Yale Law Schools and is a Member of the Yale Justice Collaboratory. Sarita received her PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech.
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Sarita Schoenebeck
Professor of Information, School of Information