Ban Deepfakes (original) (raw)

“There is a deepfake explosion. It is rapidly proliferating and saturating media everywhere. Over 95% of deepfake is pornography, 99% of that porn is of girls and women, and 95% of that porn is nonconsensual. The only effective solution is for governments to ban them at every stage of production and distribution, putting legal accountability on the companies that provide deepfake technology, the creators of deepfake content, and everyone in between, including users who feel entitled to view with impunity such abusive imagery of bodies, violating our dignity and rights."

Ashley Judd

Actor, Activist and Author

"AI is making deepfakes easier, faster, and cheaper. If laws don’t deter people from propagating them, fraud could escalate, and democracy, which depends on truth, could be undermined. Counterfeiting people should be outlawed, just like counterfeiting money or legal documents."

Steven Pinker

Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

“There’s a new kind of theft preying on women today–the theft of our bodily autonomy. When it happens to people in the spotlight, it becomes a media sensation, but 99.9% of the victims of deepfakes and online sexual abuse cannot fight back the way a celebrity can. The Campaign to Ban Deepfakes not only pushes technology companies to be more accountable to survivors but also advocates for laws that ban Deepfakes and prosecute wrongdoers. NOW is proud to join other leaders to ensure that deepfakes are fully erased from our society.”

Christian Nunes

National President, National Organization for Women (NOW)

“Deepfake technology has created a new, rapidly expanding frontier of sexual abuse, primarily against women and girls. Along with the creators and distributors of fake, nonconsensual explicit content, we need to hold the tech companies whose AI models enable this harm accountable.”

Annie Lennox

Musician and Founder of The Circle