An AI-generated graphic image of Taylor Swift surfaced online this week.
The White House said it was “alarmed” by what happened to Taylor Swift online this week after a photo of the singer was posted that was apparently generated by artificial intelligence.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told ABC News White House Correspondent Karen L. Travers that Congress needs to move forward with legislation to address sexually explicit content in deepfakes, and in her response: used the word “alarming” five times.
“We are alarmed by the images you have just laid out, more precisely the reports about the circulation of false images. It is alarming,” she said.
“While social media companies make their own decisions regarding content moderation, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules to prevent the spread of misinformation and intimate images of real people without their consent. “I’m thinking about it,” Jean-Pierre said. He said.
Jean-Pierre said there needs to be a law declaring that “Congress must take legislative action.”
Kaleen also said that “lax policing” online disproportionately affects women and girls. “Sadly, women and girls are by far the targets of online harassment and abuse.”
He launched a task force to combat online harassment and abuse, and the Department of Justice launched the nation’s first 24/7 helpline for victims of image-based sexual abuse. He highlighted some of the recent actions the administration has taken on these issues, including:
