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Right now , Meta ’s policies around explicit images generated by AI offshoot out from a “ derogative sexualized Photoshop ” rule in its Bullying and Harassment section . The Board also urged Meta to replace the word “ Photoshop ” with a generalized term for manipulated medium .
Additionally , Meta prohibits nonconsensual mental imagery if it is “ non - commercial-grade or produced in a private setting . ” The Board suggested that this clause should n’t be mandatory to hit or banning paradigm generated by AI or manipulated without consent .
These recommendations arrive in the wake of two high - profile example where explicit , AI - generate images of public figures post on Instagram and Facebook landed Meta in live water .
One of these cases involved an AI - generate nude image of an Indian public fig that was post on Instagram . Several users report the image but Meta did not take it down , and in fact closed the ticket within 48 hour with no further recap . user appeal that decision but the just the ticket was shut down again . The company only acted after the Oversight Board shoot up the case , removed the content , and banned the account .
The other AI - sire image resembled a public figure from the U.S. and was posted on Facebook . Meta already had the image in its Media Matching Service ( MMS ) repository ( a bank of image that violate its terms of service that can be used to detect similar images ) due to medium reports , and it quickly remove the picture when another drug user uploaded it on Facebook .
Notably , Meta only added the epitome of the Indian public figure to the MMS bank after the Oversight Board nudged it to . The company apparently told the Board the secretary did n’t have the image before then because there were no media reports around the issue .
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“ This is interest because many victims of deepfake cozy epitome are not in the public eye and are either storm to accept the spread of their non - consensual depictions or report every instance , ” the Board said in its note .
“ victim often face lowly victimization while reporting such cases in police post / court ( ‘ why did you put your picture out etc . ’ even when it ’s not their picture such as deepfakes ) . Once on the internet , the picture goes beyond the source platform very fast , and merely taking it down on the source political program is not enough because it quick overspread to other political program , ” Barsha Chakraborty , the head of medium at the organisation , wrote to the Oversight Board .
Over a call , Chakraborty tell TechCrunch that exploiter often do n’t know that their report have been automatically marked as “ resolved ” in 48 hours , and Meta should n’t use the same timeline for all cases . Plus , she hint that the companionship should also operate on establish more user knowingness around such issues .
Devika Malik , a chopine policy expert who previously worked in Meta ’s South Asia insurance policy team , told TechCrunch earlier this yearthat platforms largely rely on user reporting for take down nonconsensual imagination , which might not be a true coming when tackling AI - generated media .
“ This places an unfair incumbrance on the affected user to demonstrate their identity and the deficiency of consent ( as is the case with Meta ’s insurance ) . This can get more error - prone when it comes to synthetic metier , and to say , the time taken to capture and verify these international signals activate the subject matter to gain harmful traction , ” Malik said .
Aparajita Bharti , founding mate of Delhi - base think tank The Quantum Hub ( TQH ) , allege that Meta should allow users to provide more context of use when report content , as they might not be aware of the unlike category of principle violations under Meta ’s insurance policy .
“ We hope that Meta depart over and above the last opinion [ of the Oversight Board ] to enable flexible and user - focalize duct to account message of this nature , ” she say .
“ We recognise that user can not be expected to have a arrant apprehension of the nuanced difference between different heads of reporting , and advocated for scheme that prevent real issue from falling through the chap on explanation of technicalities of Meta capacity relief policies . ”
In response to the dining table ’s reflexion , Meta said that it will review these recommendations .
