Summary
In Australia, a 19-year-old named William Hamish Yeates pleaded guilty to creating and distributing deepfake pornography, marking the first prosecution under new national laws targeting non-consensual sexual image manipulation. The charges, which could carry up to seven years in prison, included creating or manipulating sexual material without consent, distributing it, and using online services in a harassing manner. The images were shared across multiple social media accounts without the victim’s permission.