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Late last week, the San Francisco City Attorney filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the owners of 16 websites that create nonconsensual deepfake pornography. The services use artificial intelligence technology to turn pictures of individuals into realistic-seeming nudes.

About 10 states — including New York and California — have already passed laws offering protections against this kind of sexual abuse material, with a handful of others and the federal government considering similar measures. The US Senate unanimously passed a deepfake porn bill in June that’s currently being considered by the House of Representatives.