silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTrolls Used Her Face to Make Fake Porn. There Was Nothing She Could Do. Sabrina Javellana was a rising star in local politics — until deepfakes derailed her life.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTrolls Used Her Face to Make Fake Porn. There Was Nothing She Could Do. Sabrina Javellana was a rising star in local politics — until deepfakes derailed her life.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoMight be unpopular opinion but deepfakes should be considered identity theft.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoEh… identity theft sentencing, assuming you go federal, is 2 years minimum. And most cases are civil. I prefer fraud, which carries 5 years. Add wire fraud on top of that and now you’re talking 20 years.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIf doing it ruins the victim’s life the sentences should have an equal effect on the perpetrator’s life. So yeah I agree with your assessment too.
minus-squareNommer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoAdd computer fraud to that list and now they can’t use a computer unsupervised.
Might be unpopular opinion but deepfakes should be considered identity theft.
Eh… identity theft sentencing, assuming you go federal, is 2 years minimum. And most cases are civil.
I prefer fraud, which carries 5 years. Add wire fraud on top of that and now you’re talking 20 years.
If doing it ruins the victim’s life the sentences should have an equal effect on the perpetrator’s life. So yeah I agree with your assessment too.
Add computer fraud to that list and now they can’t use a computer unsupervised.