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Australia: Adopted Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024

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Adopted Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024

On 21 August 2024, the Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024 was adopted by the Senate of the Australian Parliament. In particular, the Bill penalises the sharing of sexually explicit material without consent, especially materi…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2024-05-01
under deliberation

On 1 May 2024, the Australian Government announced its intention to submit a Bill banning the creat…

2024-06-05
under deliberation

On 5 June 2024, the Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024 was introduced into…

2024-07-03
under deliberation

On 3 July 2024, the Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024 was passed by the H…

2024-08-21
adopted

On 21 August 2024, the Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024 was adopted by t…