Federal government to introduce ban on sharing of non-consensual deepfake pornographyBy political reporterMonte BovillTopic:Law, Crime and JusticeSat 1 JunSaturday 1 JuneSat 1 Jun 2024 at 6:44pmAttorney-General Mark Dreyfus says he expects broad support for the bill.(ABC News: Matt Roberts)People who share deepfake pornography will face serious criminal penalties as part of legislation being introduced into federal parliament.A deepfake is an image or video in which a person's face or body has been altered to make it appear they are doing or saying something that never actually happened.There has been an increase in pornographic deepfake images generated by artificial intelligence, prompting the move from the federal government to ban the sharing of non-consensual digitally created and altered sexually explicit material.Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the non-consensual sharing of such images was a "damaging and deeply distressing form of abuse"."We know it overwhelmingly affects women and girls who are the target of this kind of deeply offensive and harmful behaviour. It can inflict deep, long-lasting harm on victims,"Mr Dreyfus said."The Albanese government has no tolerance for this sort of insidious criminal behaviour."The government's reforms will make clear that those who share sexually explicit material without consent, using technology like artificial intelligence, will be subject to serious criminal penalties."The sharing of non-consensual deepfake sexually explicit material will carry a penalty of six years in jail.If a person also created the deepfake shared without consent, there will be an aggravated offence that carries a higher penalty of seven years' imprisonment.The new offences will only apply to sexual material depicting adults, with child abuse material continuing to be dealt with under dedicated separate offences.In May, state and federal leaders met to address Australia's gendered violence crisis, and at the time, the federal governmentcommitted to introducing the legislation.Earlier this year,fake images of Taylor Swift flooded the internet, with one sexually explicit image of the singer reportedly being viewed almost 50 million times.The legislation will be introduced this week, and Mr Dreyfus said he expected it would be supported by the whole parliament.