United States of America: San Francisco City Attorney lawsuit against providers of platforms enabling creation and distribution of nonconsensual AI-generated pornography (People of the State of California v. Sol Ecom, Inc., et al.)
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
15 Aug 2024 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
San Francisco City Attorney lawsuit against providers of platforms enabling creation and distribution of nonconsensual AI-generated pornography
On 15 August 2024, the San Francisco City Attorney filed a lawsuit against the owners of 16 major websites accused of enabling the creation and distribution of nonconsensual AI-generated pornographic images. The lawsuit aims to address the exploitat…
SourceEvent type
public lawsuit
Action type
announcement
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court