Summary
ABC reported that overseas criminal groups are using fake accounts, AI-generated characters, face-swapping and voice cloning to target Australian young men. South Australia Police said men made up three of four sextortion victims, while eSafety data cited in the report found that two in five adolescents had seen non-intimate images turned into sexualised fakes.
Why it matters
Generative media is lowering the cost and credibility barrier for abuse campaigns, widening the target population beyond people whose intimate images were originally stolen.
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