[HN Gopher] FBI Arrests Man for Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse...
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FBI Arrests Man for Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Author : g1a55er
Score : 17 points
Date : 2024-05-20 22:15 UTC (45 minutes ago)
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| jjgreen wrote:
| The title and story are rather misleading, he's been charged with
| "exposing a child to harmful material" and "sexual contact with a
| child under age 13" rather than for generating the images per-se.
| meowface wrote:
| It's confusing because that was also my interpretation until I
| saw the quote from the DoJ prosecutor in the article:
|
| >"Today's announcement sends a clear message: using AI to
| produce sexually explicit depictions of children is illegal,
| and the Justice Department will not hesitate to hold
| accountable those who possess, produce, or distribute AI-
| generated child sexual abuse material"
| ghostpepper wrote:
| That's what the state police charged him with in March. The
| article doesn't include the specific federal charges for some
| reason, but the FBI statement suggest they believe the
| generation itself is also illegal.
|
| > "Today's announcement sends a clear message: using AI to
| produce sexually explicit depictions of children is illegal,
| and the Justice Department will not hesitate to hold
| accountable those who possess, produce, or distribute AI-
| generated child sexual abuse material," Principal Deputy
| Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri said in an FBI
| press release.
| jjgreen wrote:
| Sure, but what would the charge be? (I'm in the UK, here such
| is definitely illegal.)
| pseudalopex wrote:
| producing, distributing, and possessing obscene visual
| depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit
| conduct[1][2]
|
| [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-arrested-producing-
| distri...
|
| [2] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1466A
| g1a55er wrote:
| The first, second, and fourth charges in the indictment[1] is
| for violating 18 USC 1466A(a)(1)/(b)(1)/(d)(1)/(d)(4), which
| are the statutes against producing/distributing/possessing an
| "obscene" "drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting"
| "depict[ing] a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct".
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| [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1352606/dl?inline
| bitsinthesky wrote:
| How is pedophilia considered psychologically? Is it a treatable
| condition, an untreatable permanent condition, or simply a
| criminal choice?
| nubinetwork wrote:
| I'm shocked he was able to crank out 13k images without them all
| having 4 legs and 12 fingers... local SD is just terrible.
| Mathnerd314 wrote:
| [delayed]
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