RT Article
T1 Deepfakes and Digitally Altered Imagery Abuse: A Cross-Country Exploration of an Emerging form of Image-Based Sexual Abuse
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 6
SP 1341
OP 1358
A1 Flynn, Asher
A2 Powell, Anastasia
A2 Scott, Adrian J.
A2 Cama, Elena
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1838882588
AB Deepfake and digitally altered nude and sexual imagery is a serious and harmful emerging form of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA). This article reports on a multi-methods and cross-country study of IBSA across the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, with a specific focus on the creation, distribution and threat to distribute deepfake and digitally altered imagery. Our findings suggest this abuse involves poly-victimization and poly-perpetration, and is disproportionately experienced and engaged in by those with mobility and/or communication assistance needs, members of the LGB+ community, males, young people and racial minorities (perpetration only). In this article, we discuss the pervasiveness and harms of deepfake and digitally altered imagery abuse, as well as challenges in legal responses, policing and prevention.
K1 deepfakes
K1 Image-based sexual abuse
K1 revenge pornography
K1 Sexual Violence
K1 Cybercrime
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab111