Sinn Féin committed to working with other parties to make explicit deepfakes illegal
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin has said we must use every tool available to prevent the creation and sharing of sexually explicit, non-consensual deepfakes.
The Mid Ulster MLA was speaking ahead of an Assembly debate which calls on the Justice Minister to criminalise such acts.
“The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create and distribute sexual content, including deepfakes and nudification, is deeply concerning,” said Ms Sheerin.
“Despite millions of abuses of its AI tool Grok, it is scandalous that X initially chose to place its image-generation features behind a paywall, rather than disabling them in full.
“This underlines the need for parties here to work together to make this insidious behaviour illegal, and for the British government and Ofcom to take immediate action against X.
“Violence against women and girls comes in many forms, and the abuse of online technologies to sexualise women is just one example."
Tackling this scourge in our society, in all its forms, is a Sinn Féin priority, she added.