New legislation in the Ohio Senate would make some significant updates to Ohio’s existing laws against child sex offenders.
Senate Bill 393, sponsored by Ohio Sens. Jane Timken (R-Jackson Twp.) and Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville), would increase penalties for offenders based on the age of their victims and the amount of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in their possession. It would also establish artificially generated CSAM as a felony offense and give prosecutors more options in how to handle sexting and other sexual conduct between minors.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from…
Under S.B. 393, using AI to generate CSAM could result in mandatory prison time, with additional penalties depending on the age of the victim and the amount of illegal material in an offender’s possession.
S.B. 393 also seeks to address the increasing problem of teenagers using AI and deepfake technology to produce nude, obscene or sexual images of their friends and classmates. If passed,
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“There’s a real level of frustration,” Timken said. “You have parents of children who are very concerned about this possibility, you have frustration on the part of prosecutors who feel they, they can’t appropriately charge these people.”
I think it’s pretty sick when you have politicians & prosecutors that are “frustrated” for not finding a charge that can stick and send people to prison over something that doesn’t involve sexual contact with a real child.
With advanced technologies like facial recognition already in use, there is simply no excuse for why the problem of AI generated CSAM can’t be solved with technology. Very simply, it should be blocked. Why spend millions, if not billions to track down, prosecute, and incarcerate people, even teenagers, when we could shut it down at the source. Just filter it out like sludge in the tap water whenever it’s generated or when it’s transmitted.
We’ve gone completely crazy these days in our zeal to destroy people that we miss the obvious solutions.