61 data protection authorities, including those from Australia, Spain, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, and the European Data Protection Board, have adopted a joint statement expressing concerns about AI systems that generate realistic images and videos of identifiable individuals without consent, emphasizing the potential for non-consensual intimate imagery, defamatory content, and harm to vulnerable groups. The statement underscores the necessity for compliance with existing privacy and data protection laws, noting that such creations may be criminal offenses in many jurisdictions, and calls for robust safeguards, meaningful transparency, accessible content removal mechanisms, and enhanced protections for children, while affirming regulators’ commitment to coordinated enforcement, policy, and education efforts.
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