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ARTICLE · 27 MARCH 2026

AI Sexual Deepfake Images And Audio Laws, Offences And Penalties

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Recently, the NSW Government passed the Crimes Amendment (Intimate Image and Audio Material) Act 2025 (NSW) to strengthen protections against the non-consensual recording...

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Recently, the NSW Government passed the Crimes Amendment (Intimate Image and Audio Material) Act 2025 (NSW) to strengthen protections against the non-consensual recording or sharing of sexual content by extending it to now criminalise:· The creation of intimate images or audio material that's digitally generated, where the material purports to be a genuine depiction of an identifiable real person, without that person's consent;· Alteration of material to be an intimate image or audio material without the consent of the person depicted, noting that distribution of altered images without consent is already criminal;· Distribution of an intimate image or audio material that's digitally generated, where the material purports to be a genuine depiction of an identifiable real person, without that person's consent;· Threatening to engage in any of the above behaviour. The previous intimate image laws (revenge porn) did not extent to material that's wholly digitally created by generative AI.

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