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Oversight Board blasts Meta's AI deepfake enforcement in two rulings
Meta's Oversight Board issued decisions on two cases involving AI-generated videos of real people—one showing a Scottish politician making inflammatory remarks he never said, another mocking a menstrual health volunteer. In both instances, Meta failed to label the content as AI-generated and only acted after the Board intervened, despite user reports and appeals being automatically dismissed beforehand.
China's Supreme Court issues nationwide rules for AI deepfake lawsuits
China's Supreme People's Court published new guidance directing lower courts on how to handle civil disputes stemming from AI misuse, covering deepfake video and audio, sexualized synthetic content, financial fraud, digital privacy violations, and algorithmic pricing based on surveillance. The 24-article opinion follows an earlier ruling against a company that used AI to force out an employee, and aims to give judges a consistent framework for these emerging cases.
Ohio man sentenced to 15 years for AI deepfake sextortion scheme
An Ohio man received a 15-year federal prison sentence after being convicted of cyberstalking and extorting numerous women by creating AI-generated sexually explicit videos of them and threatening to distribute the content. Authorities said he used these fabricated videos as leverage to coerce victims, marking one of the more severe sentences handed down for AI-enabled sextortion crimes.
Employers Add Identity Checks to Hiring After AI Fraud Surge
Companies are introducing extra verification steps during job interviews to confirm candidates are genuine humans, not AI-assisted impersonators or fraudulent remote workers. The shift follows a rise in AI-generated deepfakes and schemes involving North Korean operatives posing as legitimate remote employees to infiltrate companies.
AI-Generated Fakes Undermine Trust in Online Animal Rescue Content
AI-generated images and videos depicting animals—rescues, reunions, and lost pets—are flooding social media, making it harder for viewers to trust what they see. In one case, a Los Angeles woman named Mibbby Butler was targeted by a scammer who used an AI-manipulated photo of her missing cat to extort payment for its supposed return, though she caught the deception due to garbled text in the background image.
Substitute Teacher Targeted by AI-Generated Deepfake Made by Students
Luis DeSantiago, a substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, discovered a sexualized AI-manipulated image of himself circulating on TikTok after friends alerted him in March. He traced the account to a middle school student he knew, and reported the incident to school administrators. He is one of at least four educators who told WIRED they have been targeted with similarly fabricated explicit content by students.